Tag: construction
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Man dies on construction site – homicide detective
Home page world Created: 2/19/2022, 4:22 p.m split Police emergency vehicles are parked at the Sony Center in Berlin, where there was a death in a lounge for workers. © Paul Zinken/dpa A 24-year-old dies in the lounge of a construction site. What happened? The police do not rule out third-party negligence. Berlin – After…
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Construction workers worked in tunnel under unsafe conditions
The construction workers in the tunnel of the RijnlandRoute near Leiden worked for months under unsafe conditions, sometimes resulting in accidents. For example, they structurally worked much longer than allowed by law. This is evident from research by NRC based on conversations with thirty people involved, and documents such as internal reports, rosters, pay slips…
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Economy – In Spain, builders are desperately looking for workers
First modification: 02/17/2022 – 15:48 Spain lacks at least half a million construction workers, according to unions and companies, which has led to rising wages and a frantic search for labor. The phenomenon contrasts with one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union. When Spain’s more than a decade-long real estate boom unexpectedly…
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HS Helsinki Bone discovery interrupts construction work in Kruununhaka – “A plumber came to ask what to do when bones are visible in a trench”
The discovery interrupted the excavation of the old roadbed in Kruununhaka. Excavation work Kruununhaka’s Siltavuorenranta was interrupted on Thursday morning when bones began to rise from a depth of a couple of meters. Municipal technology is being renewed on the north bank of the Kruununhaka, and a pit was being excavated for a stormwater concrete…
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Interview with head of the construction industry: “We can build a motorway bridge in two years”
Mr Hübner, if you build a bridge today, how long will it last? Bernd Freytag Business correspondent Rhein-Neckar-Saar based in Mainz. Eighty years. Exactly 80? No, the actual service life depends on many factors, of course. But we guarantee eighty years. If the bridge is maintained, it can also last much longer. The Salzbach viaduct…
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Construction Parts of the roof fell down at a school in Kulosaari – the city of Helsinki examines the condition of the roof
The lobby area of the school building has been taken out of use and some of the roof structures have been demolished. Kulosaaren At a primary school in Helsinki, roof structures fell into a low lobby space on Friday. The space was decommissioned as early as Friday and today, Monday, some of the roof structures…
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Construction sector is already fully committed to wood construction
For years it was hard work for Eric de Munck. As a representative of the Centrum Hout branch association, he repeatedly heard the same reluctance about timber construction during working visits to municipalities, project developers and construction companies. “Always those questions about fire hazard, insulation, availability of the material. And then there was that VPRO…
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Construction is halted again for nitrogen
Numerous construction projects are not granted a permit because at least five provinces have suspended trade in the so-called nitrogen space or are considering doing so. This is evident from a tour of NRC along the provinces. Trade can be detrimental to nature. Provinces are becoming increasingly aware of this. In the trade, about which…
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Motorways and construction sites, traffic chaos: queues on the A10
Genoa – Queues on the Ligurian motorway network due to construction sites, in particular on the A10, also on this Saturday 12 February. The situation at 15.30 In A10 2-kilometer queue between Genoa Airport and Genoa Pegli due to a broken vehicle. Traffic slowed down between Genoa Airport and Genoa Pra ‘due to roadworks. Queue…