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NYC BILL WOULD RAISE CONSTRUCTION WORKER REQUIREMENTS
New York City (NYC) lawmakers have been promising more stringent safety measures since 33 construction workers in the city were killed on the job in the last two years, NBC 4 New York reported. A bill that requires a better database of who gets hurt or killed in a fall was recently passed by the city council, but a more controversial one requiring safety training and an apprenticeship course for construction workers has not. That law would require a work visa and a general education degree and increase safety violation fines for companies to US$1 million.
MAN CRITICALLY INJURED IN ESCALATOR FALL IN TORONTO
A man believed to be in his 20s suffered critical injuries as a result of falling two stories, or approximately 10 m, from an escalator at the Maple Leaf Gardens building in downtown Toronto on April 29, various news outlets, including CBC News report. Paramedics responded to the location, part of which houses a supermarket, and police are trying to determine the cause. A witness said the man appeared to have been sitting on the escalator railing just prior to the incident.
27-STORY SOUTHSIDE CHICAGO TOWER CLOSER TO APPROVAL
A 27-story tower with 250 residential rental units, parking and ground-level retail moved a step closer to reality with approval from the Chicago Plan Commission, a “vital first step” toward full approval, Curbed Chicago reports. Should all necessary approvals be received, developer MAC Properties could break ground as early as this year. The building is envisioned on the current site of a parking lot at the corner of 53rd Street and Cornell Avenue in the Hyde Park neighborhood on the Southside. Boasting glass and tan-colored cladding, the design is by Chicago-based Cordwell Buenz.
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