ODA to beef up Olympic Park security

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced plans to beef up security on the Olympic Park as the pace of the construction programme gathers speed.... Read More

Construction deaths down to 72

The number of construction workers killed onsite each year has fallen from 77 to 72, official statistics released today show.... Read More

Construction deaths down from 79 to 72

The number of construction workers killed onsite each year has fallen from 79 to 72, official statistics released today show.... Read More

NY Buildings Department Head Announces New Tower Crane Measures

Among the changes to existing policy, the department will now be mandating maintenance, testing, tracking, and more inspections, Acting Buildings Commissioner Robert D. LiMandri said Tuesday.... Read More

Construction deaths down to 72

The number of construction workers killed onsite each year has fallen from 77 to 72, official statistics released today show.... Read More

New York City Targets Concrete Work, Demolition

Days after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Manhattan, the second in as many months, New York City officials proposed a legislative agenda that would empower the city's Dept. of Buildings with additional oversight and enforcement capabilities to improve safety at construction job sites, especially during high-risk operations.... Read More

Safer crane operations eyed in City Council plan

The New York City Council will work in coming weeks to turn a 15-point legislative proposal into stricter enforcement and regulations for crane operations, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday.... Read More

BCTD President: Construction Industry Needs Dedicated OSHA Agency

"Few people understand that, on average, four workers are killed every day on U.S. construction sites," said BCTD President Mark H. Ayers.... Read More

Another Fatality in Las Vegas Brings City's Death Toll to 12

Construction on the Las Vegas Strip claimed another worker's life on June 17 when union carpenter Lyndall Bates of Tempe, Ariz., died after a 12-ft fall at Boyd Gaming’s $4.8-billion, 87-acre Echelon casino project.... Read More

House Hearing: Does OSHA Adequately Enforce Construction Safety Rules?

During a June 24 House Committee on Education and Labor hearing focusing on OSHA’s role in enforcing construction safety rules, legislators and industry experts questioned whether the agency is doing everything possible to improve safety at construction sites.... Read More

Labour groups oppose WorkSafeBC’s proposed changes to tunnel safety regulations

Two groups representing unionized construction workers in British Columbia are voicing their opposition to proposed changes to safety regulations for tunneling.... Read More

Mobile Field Software

Josh Kanner, co-founder of Vela Systems, is the guest on the latest episode of the Construction Equipment Owner’s Podcast. Josh takes a look at the recent crane collapse and talks about how the application of mobile field software can aid in minimizing the probability of a future accident. He also discusses the use of mobile field software for the purpose of general safety inspections and how implementing a system like this can benefit the contractor throughout the entire construction business.... Read More

New Yorkers Baffled by Latest Crane Disaster

To the dismay of New Yorkers already wary after a spectacular accident in March, the turntable, cab and boom of another tower crane at another highrise apartment building collapsed in a busy Manhattan residential neighborhood, raining steel down on a building near the jobsite and killing two workers.... Read More

CPWR: 22 Workers Die Annually From Crane-Related Incidents

According to a new report released by the Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), an annual average of 22 construction workers were killed in crane-related incidents from 1992 to 2006. The report offers recommendations to prevent additional fatalities, such as implementing a national certification program for crane operators and inspectors.... Read More

Man seriously hurt in Barratt site scaffolding fall

A man is in a serious condition following a fall from scaffolding at a construction site in the Rutherglen area of Glasgow.... Read More

Criminal Probe Shows New Pressure Over Safety

As the Manhattan district attorney opened an investigation into last week's tower crane collapse in Manhattan, in which two workers died, a leader of the city's construction industry may have provided a hint that employers are ready for changes.... Read More

Washington State Shuts Down Chinese-Made Tower Cranes

Due to alleged electrical compliance and structural safety problems, Washington State's Dept. of Labor and Industries has ordered contractors to suspend the use of Sun-brand tower cranes supplied by Grand Prairie, Texas-based Lewis Equipment Co.... Read More

Crane Accident Spurs Labor Walkout Along Vegas Strip

Safety enforcement is becoming a burning issue in Las Vegas, where angry building trades at the CityCenter project walked off the job on June 2 in protest of unsafe working conditions on the Strip.... Read More

Keep the Gloves On!

The cost of hand injuries in just one sector of the construction industry is six times what it would cost those employers to offer every employee appropriate hand protection.... Read More

Crane Accidents Land Inspectors in Hot Seat

Latest failure has standards for inspecting and maintaining cranes under severe scrutiny.... Read More

U.S. Cities Inspect Cranes After Fatal NYC Collapse

New York City's latest string of crane accidents prompted cities across the nation to closely examine their crane operations to prevent more crane-related tragedies from occurring in the future.... Read More

Two Employers Cited for NYC Scaffold Collapse

OSHA cited two New York City employers for alleged workplace safety standard violations, including equipment failure, lack of fall protection and lack of employee training, in connection with a fatal Dec. 7, 2007, scaffold collapse.... Read More

Criminal Probe Shows New Pressure Over Safety

As the Manhattan district attorney opened an investigation into last week's tower crane collapse in Manhattan, in which two workers died, a leader of the city's construction industry may have provided a hint that employers are ready for changes.... Read More

Safety Advice: Eliminating Falls Through Roofs

Most state civil judiciaries legally consider roofing within the “inherently dangerous” occupation category. When you consider the steep pitches, heights to grade, surface traction conditions, material handling tasks, bulk material weights, environmental factors of wind and weather and the perpetual force of gravity on the worker’s center of mass, it is no wonder that falls from or through roofs cause more construction and demolition injuries and deaths every year than any other occupations, except steel erection.... Read More

Clinton to Foulke: Update Crane and Derrick Standard

In light of the recent surge of crane incidents in New York City this year, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., sent a letter to OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr., calling on the workplace safety and health agency to issue new safety standards for cranes and derricks, which she claimed were “long overdue.” She also questioned why the Bush administration has failed to update these regulations. ... Read More

New Yorkers Baffled by Latest Crane Disaster

Fatal accident at recently inspected tower crane in Manhattan on May 30th may lend momentum to federal and local safety upgrades.... Read More

Man killed in building collapse

A man has died following the collapse of a block of flats in West Bromwich.... Read More

AFL-CIO Examines Construction Safety and Pushes for Better Training, Regulations

The recent trend of construction-related fatalities prompted Mark Ayers, president of AFL-CIO's Building & Construction Trades Department, to stress the need for better education, training and awareness for safety-related issues within the industry.... Read More

Second crane collapse in New York - VIDEO

There has been a second tower crane collapse in New York in as many months. A crane on the Upper East Side appears to have fallen onto the street, hitting a building as it fell.... Read More

Two Dead in Crane Collapse at NY Condominium Construction Site

The city's newspapers are reporting that a second construction worker died in the incident.... Read More

NY crane collapse update - one confirmed dead

One person is confirmed dead after a crane smashed into a 23-storey apartment building in New York and crashed onto the street below.... Read More

Contractors Get New Tool In Combatting Corruption Overseas

An independent organization has been set up to help construction-related companies and organizations fight corruption on projects.... Read More

Will the Construction Safety Act Cost Illinois Consumers, Employers and Job Seekers?

Some contractors in Illinois are concerned about an amendment to House Bill 2094 that would create the Construction Safety Act, essentially reinstating the Structural Work Act (SWA), which was on the books for 88 years before being repealed in 1995.... Read More

Gas Explosion Tears Through San Diego Hotel Construction Site, Injures 13

A natural gas explosion rocked a Hilton Hotel that was being built on the San Diego waterfront, destroying part of the hotel's facade and injuring 13 workers, several of them critically.... Read More

Eco concerns driving building product design

Sustainability and environmental concerns are driving a high proportion of new product development in the building industry. This in part is fueled by increasing demands from new legislation. The government recognises that with half of CO2 emissions in the UK coming from the built environment, it holds the key to change that will enable them [...]... Read More

New Alliance Addresses NYC Construction Hazards

OSHA and the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) formed an alliance to address construction hazards in the city’s five boroughs, with plans to cross-train their inspectors and managers on each agency’s construction safety standards, regulations and procedures.... Read More

Sustainability and environmental concerns are driving a high proportion of new product development in the building industry

Sustainability and environmental concerns are driving a high proportion of new product development in the building industry. This in part is fueled by increasing demands from new legislation. The government recognises that with half of CO2 emissions in the UK coming from the built environment, it holds the key to change that will enable them [...]... Read More

Murray Construction and Development fined £10,000 over injured worker