Judge orders NYC concrete workers back to work after 3-day strike halted work...
A strike among concrete workers that brought work to a halt at 30 New York City jobsites was brought to an end over the weekend at the order of a federal judge. According to a report from Crain’s New...
View ArticleNYC DOT workers save kitten stranded on ledge of Manhattan Bridge
Photo from the Gothamist. A New York City cat got to keep one of its nine lives last week thanks to the city’s Department of Transportation workers. The cat was rescued by the DOT after it was spotted...
View ArticleIronworkers paint ‘Get well soon’ messages for children in New York hospital
Photo Credit: Christopher Swann/Island Swann Studios via Today.com With their construction site facing a children’s hospital in Long Island, New York, a group of ironworkers recently made a heartfelt...
View ArticleNew York City DOT begins tracking driver data with new program
The New York City Department of Transportation has started to track drivers with a new program that hopes to gain insight into their habits. According to The Verge, through the Drive Smart pilot...
View ArticleWorker killed in retaining wall collapse in New York City
One worker was killed and two others injured in a retaining wall collapse in New York City earlier this month. According to a report from the New York Times, 19-year-old Fernando Vanegas was working on...
View ArticleVIDEO: Music to your gears: Artist uses New York traffic to create musical notes
A screen shot from Jarbas Agnelli’s video using traffic patterns to create a musical arrangement. An artist from Brazil has turned cars driving down a New York highway into a musical notes to compose a...
View ArticleFDNY rescues construction worker who passed out on Kosciusko Bridge pillar
Firefighters come to the aid of a construction worker who passed out atop a pillar on the Kosciusko Bridge. Photo Credit: FDNY A construction worker at the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge in New York City...
View ArticleWorker killed when Manhattan town home collapses during demolition
One worker was killed and another suffered serious injuries when a building partially collapsed as crews performed demolition work in Manhattan at the end of last month. According to a report from the...
View ArticleSerial arsonist has torched at least 4 NYC construction sites
A hooded man believed to be the arsonist turned out to be playing a prank on police by leaving an encrypted message at the scene of one of the fires. Photo Credit: New York Daily News Police in New...
View ArticleWinds topple crawler crane in NYC; massive collapse kills 1, injures 3 (VIDEO)
Photo Credit: FDNY Facebook page A crawler crane being lowered due to inclement weather toppled over in New York City Friday morning killing one man and injuring three other people. According to a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Skid steer lifting parked cars near NYC jobsite lands contractor in...
Video of a skid steer operator lifting and moving an SUV parked near a construction site in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn has the car’s owner fuming and the project’s developer pointing...
View ArticleUSDOT provides $537.1 million TIFIA loan for Penn Station improvements
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Build America Bureau (BAB) is providing a $537.1 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the New York State...
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