DOB finalizes construction safety training requirements
New York’s Buildings Department has finalized training requirements put in place by last year’s safety legislation. Construction workers on most major job sites will have...
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Report: Job growth, office space expansion hit record highs in NYC
Office workers and the space they occupy grew to reach record highs in New York City in 2016, according to a report from State Comptroller...
Tight construction labor market pushing up worker salaries
Construction firms added 14,000 workers in July and construction industry pay rose at the fastest rate in seven years as contractors bid to attract workers,...
Survey: Gen X workers like communal spaces, living in the suburbs
What do Generation X workers want? According to a new report, their preferences are an amalgam of the desires of baby boomers and millennials. In...
City moves to bar workers involved in fatal accidents
The Department of Buildings announced that it is revoking the privileges of a special inspector and the license of a master plumber who were implicated...
Survey: Construction industry mostly white and male. Women, minority numbers drop
The vast majority of New York City’s 238,800 construction industry workers in 2014 were male and lived in one of the five boroughs; and more...
Judge points to PLA in ordering union workers to end strike
A district court judge has issued a restraining order against workers who walked off their jobs in 30 construction sites across New York City last...