Failing to follow state and federal drug testing protocols has resulted in an $8.5 million settlement in the wrongful death of construction worker fatally struck by a dump truck in St. Paul, Minn.
Firms, families mourn losses as industry crews and equipment aid federal effort to lift American Airlines plane wreckage from Potomac River by Feb. 6, then shift to helicopter removal and debris field clearing.
California regulators now propose tighter battery storage safety rules after a blaze earlier this month destroyed most of a 300-MW lithium-ion array at Vistra Energy’s 750-MW Moss Landing storage site at a decommissioned gas power plant near San Jose.
A draft version of the American Institute of Steel Construction's safety certification standard, AISC 207, is available for public comment through Feb. 28.
MATT Construction's Nick Pemberton, with neighbors and construction colleagues, used a jobsite water truck, pumps and generator to move pool water where it was needed to fight the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif.
Senior PM Nick Pemberton of MATT Construction, with neighbors and colleagues, used borrowed and donated equipment to quickly move pool water to where it was critically needed as the Eaton blaze spread to his Altadena, Calif., neighborhood.