From The Wall Street Journal NEW YORK — The first phase of New York City’s largest affordable housing complex since the 1970s is slated to open in 2014 and will feature rooftop decks and gardens, as well as 5 acres of waterfront parks and views of Manhattan’s skyline, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday. Phipps Houses, […]
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2 Fall to Their Deaths at Upper West Side Construction Site
From The New York Times Two ironworkers died on Tuesday morning after falling 65 feet in an elevator shaft inside a building on the Upper West Side that is being redeveloped for a church, city officials said. The men fell, investigators believe, while they were installing steel beams in the elevator shaft on the fifth […]
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Zamperla breaks ground on new Coney Island coaster, another to follow
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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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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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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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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