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Jury selection has started for the racketeering trial of a company accused of doctoring concrete strength tests for ground zero's signature tower, the new Yankee Stadium and other major New York City-area buildings.
An Arkansas man running an illegal gambling operation conspired with a North Little Rock alderman and a contractor to rig city bids to collect on debts, a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Monday alleges.
The New York Yankees might look rock solid, but the concrete at their new stadium is drawing extra scrutiny amid a probe of construction companies.
New York City has announced plans to more closely scrutinize companies that test concrete after indictments called into question the strength of the material at some of the city's biggest building projects, including ground zero.
Investigators are trying to determine what caused a chunk of concrete to come crashing down from the side of a Montreal hotel, killing a woman as she ate at a sushi restaurant.
Two former managers of a Big Dig contractor pleaded guilty Wednesday to being part of a conspiracy to deliver substandard concrete to the massive highway project.
Authorities say one of two workers buried in concrete at a Tennessee construction site has died and the other has been taken to a hospital in critical condition.
A company accused of faking tests on concrete and steel at the new Yankee Stadium, the Freedom Tower and over 100 other projects is suing New York City to lift suspensions of their licenses.
A company that tests concrete at New York City construction projects has been indicted on racketeering charges, though officials point out that the material used at two of its well-known projects — Yankee Stadium and the Freedom Tower skyscraper at ground zero — have passed strength tests.
A 1,200-pound chunk of concrete tore off the underside of an overpass and rained down on motorists but caused no injuries, nearly a year after the deadly collapse of a Mississippi River bridge in neighboring Minneapolis.
As many as 10 vehicles drove around barriers and onto freshly poured concrete on a busy thoroughfare during rush hour. Two got stuck, Mequon police said Thursday. "Once someone goes around the barricade and busts through the tape, others follow," Sgt. Tony Restivo said.
Can concrete float? Twenty-three student teams from around the country are competing in a concrete canoe competition to find out.
It's whatever floats your boat — even if it's a concrete canoe. Engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno shoved 217 pounds of it into the lake at Sparks Marina Park, then took turns paddling it across the water. Floating concrete?
Termites wouldn't like the house that Mike Mercier has built. Mercier built his house out of concrete — 85 yards of it. From the outside, the new 2,300-square-foot ranch-style home doesn't look a lot different from most. The basement and foot-thick exterior walls are made of concrete — but so are the floors, windowsills, countertops and end tables.
Worker Trapped in Ditch in Lexington, KentuckyA man "was trapped in a ditch" in Lexington, Kentucky on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.
Parents 'dumped body in concrete'The parents of a French eight-year-old girl whose body was found encased in concrete have been held on suspicion of manslaughter, official sources say. The girl, Marina Sabatier, was discovered at her father's workplace in Le Mans, south-west of Paris.
Student drowns while testing concrete canoe A university student here died after a test on a concrete canoe in the Yodogawa River went disastrously awry on Sunday afternoon.
Fort Benning, home of the U.S. Army Infantry School and headquarters of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, began expansion in 2001 to bring together the Armor School in Fort Knox , KY and Fort Benning's Infantry School into one consolidated installation.
Death penalty sought in case of fatal baby tossProsecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused of throwing his ex-girlfriend's baby out of a car on a Florida highway, killing the infant.
Bendable Concrete Heals Itself -- Just Add WaterIts not quite as advanced as Terminator technology. But a new concrete that can heal its own wounds may soon bring futuristic protection to bridges and roads.
Workmen find hidden Auschwitz letterWorkers found a note dated Sept. 9, 1944 that contains the names of seven young people who probably thought they were doomed to die in the notorious Auschwitz death camp, officials said Monday.
Flying chunk of concrete kills Long Pond man on turnpike near Lehighton - poconorecord.com - The Pocono RecordA flying chunk of concrete on the Pennsylvania Turnpike has left a Long Pond man dead. Pierre Louverture, 48, of Emerald Boulevard was driving north near mile marker 76 in Franklin Township.
My Basement Ate Pittsburgh - Now I have to Clean It !Because our basement is such a train wreck, when we moved in it quickly took on the role of Dumping Ground.
The Pyramids Were Built With Concrete... and Their Formula Is Better For The Environment Than Ours"Right now everybody thinks the Romans invented concrete," says Michel Barsoum. "Well, I've got bad news for the Romans. The Egyptians did it 2,000 years earlier."
Mere Presidents: American leaders are mortal, not magical.He didn't seem distracted, like he was thinking about lunch, and he didn't seem to be deflecting responsibility, but taking it. This was a relief, and rather unusual in a Washington politician, or pretty much any politician.
Falling chunk of concrete from overpass nearly killed driverDriving west on Pine Street and approaching a U.S. 169 overpass, Ken Poston, an independent welding inspector, thought he'd soon arrive at his next job. Instead, he found himself home, thinking how lucky he was to be alive.
Super-Concrete to Store Solar Power in the WorksResearchers at the University of Arkansas are working to develop a new way of storing thermal energy in concrete. They were given an award from the U.S.
Stronger than cement - and lighter toomanufacture and application of cement, i learned, accounts for 6% of emission CO2 emissions. i like to find a copy of that poster from the first world war accounting for the thousands of trees saved with the use of hemp.
Dutch paving stones clean air pollutionThe University of Twente (UT) has devised a concrete capable of converting the nitrogen oxide from car exhaust--the source of smog and acid rain--into a nitrate, another chemical that will wash away in the rain.
Cement from CO2: A Concrete Cure for Global WarmingThe turbines at Moss Landing power plant on the California coast burn through natural gas to pump out more than 1,000 megawatts of electric power.
A Concrete Fix to Global WarmingA Canadian company says that it has developed a way for makers of precast concrete products to take all the carbon-dioxide emissions from their factories, as well as neighboring industrial facilities, and store them in the products that they produce by exposing those products to …
Concrete Testing at Yankee Stadium and Freedom Tower Is Scrutinized Manhattan prosecutors are investigating whether the leading concrete testing company in the New York area, which has been hired to measure and analyze the strength of the concrete poured at some of the biggest construction projects in the city, failed to do some tests and falsi …
Report: Son Dismembered Dad After Being Raped "A 20-year-old man accused of killing and dismembering his father told police that after his father raped him, he shot his father, skinned and decapitated him and then fed his flesh to coyotes, according to court documents obtained by the Cortez Journal."
Inferior concrete reportedly used for German nuclear plantProsecutors in the southern German city of Stuttgart are investigating allegations that a company sold low-quality concrete for major building projects including the Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power Station, German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.
Japanese Team researches how to make waterless concrete on the moon The head of a space project team at a major Japanese construction company is enthusiastic about developing the technology to manufacture concrete on the moon for use in building a lunar base.
In Miles of Alleys, Chicago Finds Its Next Environmental FrontierChicago's effort to redo its alleys with sustainable road-building materials is one of the most ambitious public street makeover plans in the country.
Oil Giant Ticked Off Over Waste Advert Oil producer Shell has been ticked off by the advertising watchdog over claims about using its waste carbon dioxide to grow flowers.
Start-up crafts waterproof concreteIt's a water-based molecule that repels water.
The Advantages of Non-Destructive Testing: Learn all about rebar detectorsNon-destructive testing is an extremely advantageous tool in any rehabilitation job, and when dealing specifically with reinforced concrete, knowing all about rebar detectors can be essential.
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