DOB reports drop in NYC construction accidents
The Department of Buildings (DOB) announced today the release of a new building construction safety report that provides deep insights on construction safety trends in...
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Hardhats remember victims of construction accidents
 Hundreds of members of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York gathered yesterday (Wednesday) in their hardhats at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to...
Lorraine Grillo tapped as city’s Recovery Czar
New York’s school construction boss Lorraine Grillo has been tapped as the city’s COVID Recovery Czar. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that as new Senior...
Tishman Speyer tops out The Spiral
Tishman Speyer President and CEO Rob Speyer was joined on Tuesday by Gary LaBarbera, President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New...
Industry welcomes Cuomo effort to build clean energy infrastructure
A plan to crank up efforts to make New York more sustainable faster has been hailed by the Real Estate Board of New York and...
Trade unions call for Related boss Stephen Ross to resign NFL post
New York’s building trades unions are not taking a knee in their ongoing dispute with the Related Companies. Thousands of construction workers rallied against Stephen...
Worksite accident victims to be remembered at annual mass
Thousands of city construction workers will gather at St patrick’s Cathedral tomorrow (Thursday) for the 10th Anniversary of Memorial Mass for victims of construction accidents....
Related’s ‘coffee boyʼ lawsuit has union calling fouls
Union workers at the giant Hudson Yards development have hit back at a blockbuster lawsuit that accuses them of overpaying tradesmen, flouting safety regulations and...
First construction fatality of 2018 at 24th Street McSam hotel site
By Sabina Mollot Police are investigating the death of a construction worker found unresponsive at the bottom of an elevator shaft Tuesday. Jucong Wu, 33,...
US opioid crisis putting focus on construction sector drug testing
When city council began compiling its construction safety bill earlier this year, a non-union workers advocacy group pushed for mandatory drug testing to be included....