Five workers were involved in a building collapse in New York City yesterday. It sounds like they were pouring the concrete on the forth floor when the collapse happened. Four were injured, one of them seriously, and one was treated … Continue reading → Product MORE >>

Another report which came across my desk recently is one from SustainableBusiness.com, in which it is reported that some (although certainly not all) of New York City’s oldest buildings are out-performing LEED-certified buildings. The magazine compares the new 7 World Trade Center, a [.]. Last week, I mentioned the renewal of the tax credits for wind energy.  green design news notes design LEED certification MORE >>

And guess where it happened – that’s right, New York City. That’s right folks a contractor has been indicted for fraud for stealing over $30 million from clients over ten years. Construction News MORE >>

And the other "we have to let people go thanks to the new regulations"- you know those ones that no one is actually enforcing or are right now being decimated by their dear friends in Congress, but let's go with that too. For the employees who remain, pay is up, according to a report released Tuesday by the New York State comptroller. All told, the average pay package for securities industry employees in New York was $362,900 in 2011, the last year for which data is available, almost unchanged from 2010. And I got nothing. And the same old canards return. MORE >>

DALLAS – In 1902 a young man in New York City named Henry C. Turner had a vision. He wanted to build a company based on integrity, teamwork and commitment to his clients whom he referred to as “respected friends.”. Construction News MORE >>