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Worker killed at Wynn Boston Harbor construction site A construction worker died after sustaining injuries at the Wynn Boston Harbor construction site in Everett on Tuesday. The Middlesex District Attorney's office said that at 3 p.m. on Tuesday the Everett Fire Department responded to the Wynn construction site in Everett for reports of an 56-year-old unresponsive male. The worker had been operating an excavator at the south end of the construction site, taking apart a trench box when the incident occurred, the DA's office said. The man reportedly regained consciousness at the scene before being transported to Massachusetts General Hospital where...

What We Will Lose When the Union Carbide Building Falls The Union Carbide building, on Park Avenue in New York City, soon after its completion in 1961. It is now the headquarters for JPMorgan Chase, which plans to demolish it. Credit Archive Photos/Getty Images To paraphrase the famous Blackglama fur advertisements: What becomes a landmark most? Is a building a landmark of architectural design or of architectural taste? Or is it the role it plays in a city’s memory as an embodiment of a set of cultural, economic and political values? The Union Carbide building, now the headquarters of JPMorgan...

Downtown Nampa construction scheduled for late March   NAMPA — A four-month rebuild of Second Street and Third Street in downtown Nampa is set to begin in late March, but the city is taking steps to limit the impact of the construction before the project begins.  Project managers gave new information at an open house Wednesday night at the Nampa Public Library, including how the construction will be staggered and how residents will access downtown businesses during construction.  The contractor, Idaho Materials and Construction, signed a contract for the project Feb. 21. Construction is set to begin in late March...

WorkSafeBC launches three-year construction high risk strategy The injury rate in B.C.’s construction industry has slowly been decreasing in recent years, but it doesn’t give health and safety professionals reason to cheer. That’s because the chance of a worker being injured in the industry was still three times higher than the average in all other industry sectors in B.C. Falls from heights are the leading cause of injuries, with more than 2,000 injuries reported in a five-year span through 2016. Twenty-two workers died from falls. Those statistics don’t sit well with WorkSafeBC which has implemented a three-year comprehensive strategy to...

Trails projects look to see construction in 2018 Courtesy imageConceptual design for the downtown Gaylord trailhead.   OTSEGO COUNTY — Work will start later this year on the Iron Belle trail extension, and it is hoped that the downtown Gaylord trailhead project also will begin before 2018 ends. According to Rachel Frisch, Otsego County administrator, the final plan package for the trail extension should be ready to be submitted this week with the hopes of bid letting in May to determine who will do the construction. The almost 12-mile extension project should be completed in 2018. Otsego County Commissioner Paul...