New York City’s Woolworth Building, at 792 ft, was the world’s tallest tower in 1929, but two skyscrapers under construction across town were in a dead heat to take the crown.
Lawsuits allege engineers were negligent in their design of temporary structural supports which led to the bridge's collapse in Clay County, Mo. The falsework contractor, which was fined by OSHA, was not named in the lawsuits.
The wholly owned subsidiary leverages DfMA techniques to develop construction products and enable projects to be delivered via offsite manufacturing capabilities.
Developer CEO Anders Opedal says government's halt now of Skanska-led construction of giant wind energy project is “unprecedented and unlawful,” coming at a "critical phase" with offshore installation of 54 large turbines starting.
The work on one of the garage's load-bearing piers was not permitted and no shoring was used, according to a report released by the New York City Dept. of Buildings.
Restoring the colonial-era courthouse involved preservation training for crews and a lucky break finding reclaimed period brick from the demolition of a nearby historic cistern.