Fri May 06, 2016
Brooklyn Construction Company Has a Unique Solution for Catcalling
New York News affiliate WPIX is reporting that a Brooklyn construction company has created color-coded hardhats for its workers to wear in an effort to reduce catcalling and harassment. Neighbors near the Pacific Park, formerly known as Atlantic Yards, construction site have a list of complaints — the loud machines, lack of parking, and harassment from the construction crew....
Maryclaire Dale - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed May 04, 2016
Amtrak Must Retrain Workers on Safety
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Amtrak has been ordered to retrain rail workers on basic safety rules after a train going 106 mph (170.5 km) struck and killed two Amtrak employees working on the same track. The mandate from the Federal Railroad Administration suggests the veteran Amtrak workers may not have known the track was being reopened to train traffic....
Thu May 05, 2016
Vandals Play Demolition Derby in Equipment Yard
Local Florida news affiliate Local10 is reporting that four people caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage to trucks parked in a Sunrise equipment yard. "(They) basically played some crash-up derby with all the different trucks that were in the yard," Michael Curry, of Atlantic Southern Paving in Sunrise said....
Tue May 03, 2016
ARTBA Releases 13 Fact Sheets to Help Prevent Transportation Project Fall-Related Death & Injuries;
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) May 3 released 13 new fact sheets designed to assist transportation construction industry firms in preventing fall-related deaths and injuries....
Wed May 04, 2016
Dangerous Tappan Zee Project Boasts 'Amazing' Safety Record
New York News Affliate WABC is reporting that with the massive 'Left Coast Lifter; in full operation, giant girders are being put into place on the new New York Bridge, being built to replace the Tappan Zee....
Fri April 29, 2016
TxDOT Warns Drivers to Pay Attention in Work Zones
Two seconds. That's how long Rodney Matthews, former construction inspector for the Texas Department of Transportation, had to react after he heard a crash and a driver drove through his work zone....
Giles Lambertson - Mon May 02, 2016
It Turns Out That a Safe Construction Site is a Profitable One
Safety on a job site should be Job 1 and more and more general contractors are trying hard to make it so. Too many fatalities still occur, but there has been progress in preventing them. Now there is an additional reason to push for safety: It is good for business....
Binaj Gurubacharya and Aijaz Hussain - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri April 29, 2016
Nepal Has Done Little to Protect Itself From Next 'Big One'
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) Last year's massive earthquake in Nepal killed nearly 9,000 people, yet could have been much deadlier. It was spared not by disaster preparedness, but by the calendar. It hit on a Saturday....
Wed April 27, 2016
Video: Guard Thwarts Brazen Work Site Robbery
Jackson, Mississippi News affiliate WLBT is reporting that construction company officials complain that their work sites in the Capital City are not safe. Not because of the heavy equipment and risk, but because of criminals....
Wed April 27, 2016
Ecuador Quake Fatalities: Did Poor Construction Play a Role?
The teleSUR network is reporting that Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa announced Monday that his government intends to press charges against those who either through complicity or negligence caused the needless deaths of people in the April 16 earthquake....
