From NY Post. Coney Island is ready for some wild rides. The former roller coaster capitol of the world now only has the rickety landmark Cyclone, but it’s getting two new coasters in time for the summer season. Zamperla USA, the operator of Luna Park, broke ground last week on the Soaring Eagle – the […]
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Zamperla breaks ground on new Coney Island coaster, another to follow
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Wall Collapse at Queens Construction Site Kills One Worker and Injures Three
From: New York Times A cinder-block wall collapsed at a construction site in Queens on Monday morning, killing a 26-year-old worker and seriously injuring one of his brothers and two other workers, according to city officials and a neighbor of the victim’s family. Uli Seit for The New York Times The site of the collapse […]
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Colombo crime family brewed coffee con at New York City construction sites
From: Daily News Longtime Colombo soldier Dino Calabro (left) said fellow soldier Ralph Scopo Jr. (right) dreamed up the ‘coffee boy’ union con job. Related News Colombo family turncoat’s wife helps feds with info on mob boss FBI searches L.I. lot for mobster ‘buried in hole’ Mob wiseguy in cop hit strikes deal with […]
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OSHA Replaces Residential Construction Fall Protection Directive
From OSHA website OSHA published a notice Dec. 22 that it is issuing a new compliance directive for fall protection used during residential construction. The new directive, STD 03-11-002, Fall Protection in Residential Construction, rescinds compliance directive STD 03-00-001, Interim Fall Protection Compliance Guidelines for Residential Construction, which became effective June 18, 1999. The change […]
New York’s Schools Seize a Chance to Expand
From: New York Times After the Norcor Management Corporation bought the Sunnyside Jewish Center in Queens in 2006, it demolished the synagogue in expectation of building residential housing on the site. But like so many projects, the plans were dashed in the wake of the real estate crash, and the parcel has sat vacant for […]
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U.S. Commercial Property Rises For Second Consecutive Month
From Bloomberg U.S. commercial property prices rose 1.3 percent in October from the previous month, the second consecutive monthly gain, Moody’s Investors Service said. The Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Price Index climbed 3.2 percent from a year earlier, Moody’s said in a report today. Demand is rising for the best office buildings in major markets including […]
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New York Construction Costs Increase In 2010
Article From New York Construction According to an analysis made by the New York Building Congress, New York City local construction costs have increased from .8% to 4.9% through the first three quarters of 2010 with construction spending in New York remaining above $20 billion a year. Nationwide, construction costs have increased between .1% and […]
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Bamboo Scaffolding in Hong Kong
Article from New York Times HONG KONG— Perched on a bamboo construction scaffold 18 floors above a swarming expressway, his legs wrapped around a pole, his lips around a cigarette, Ho Siu Leung looks, against all odds, like a man at ease. Mr. Ho has been clambering up and down these creaky contraptions since he […]
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Source: Fraud charges expected against major NJ construction firm
From: CNN.com (CNN) — The Department of Justice expects to bring fraud charges next week against a major construction firm — Secaucus, New Jersey-based Schiavone Construction Company — for its work on two of the biggest government construction projects in the New York region, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. The case […]
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New advances in forest harvesting technology.
Komatsu Forest is an international group with its headquarters and technology center in Umea, Sweden. Komatsu Forest produces the Valmet forest machines and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers in this sector. Komatsu Forest has some 1,300 employees and is represented in all markets where mechanized forestry is used. The company has two manufacturing […]
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