Extreme weather occurrences — from hurricanes and floods to heatwaves and wildfires — are becoming more persistent and severe. This evolving climate landscape presents new challenges for construction ...

New York City recently enacted new construction safety training legislation that established a program to provide equal access to construction site safety training (SST) for workers, in addition to ...

Construction workers will be among the first back to work (photo: governor's office) In the blink of an eye, COVID-19 brought most of New York City’s construction industry to a halt, leaving thousands ...

New York City is in the midst of a building boom. According to the New York City Department of Buildings, construction has increased by more than 300% since 2009. In their 2016 annual report, Building ...

The deadline for construction workers to complete their 40 hours of safety training should be pushed back from Sept. 1 to next March because of the pandemic, according to a group of lawmakers.

The company and 25 people were also charged with running a scheme that falsely certified thousands of workers as having completed required safety training. By Matthew Haag A construction safety ...

The city’s 185,000 construction workers would have to undergo up to 55 hours of safety training under a bill approved Wednesday by the City Council – a measure labor unions view as necessary for ...

The owner of a fraudulent construction safety company that faked safety certifications for thousands of workers, including one man who fell to his death from a job site in 2022, has pleaded guilty to ...