After two serious safety incidents in consecutive days, Boston area’s largest contractor voluntarily issued a safety stand down on projects ending May 6.
Partial floor collapse at a parking garage being demolished is said to have caused Peter Monsini, 51, to fall with his excavator nine stories at a downtown development site.
Updates about construction professionals in the New York/New England region, including obituaries of long-time maritime engineering expert Ed Schmeltz, and of architect Robert Mitchell, who led the effort to redesign Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., after the fatal shooting of 26 children and adults in 2012.