In the manslaughter trial against master rigger William Rapetti, video evidence showed that the same brand of slings that prosecutors say snapped within seconds when a New York City tower crane collapse on Mar. 15, 2008 held up for several minutes in laboratory recreations by Lehigh University. The footage was

Volunteers from the Department of Buildings have partnered with Habitat for Humanity-New York City to help with the interior construction of 16 homes that are being built as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s 165,000-unit affordable housing plan.   The project includes two, adjoining four-story buildings

Construction of a new $100 million office building at The Green in Florham Park, N.J. is scheduled to begin in July with New York-based Rockefeller Group Development Corporation developing the project. The new building will be home to Florham Park-based BASF Corporation’s North American Headquarters after signing a

The Manhattan district attorney has maintained that William Rapetti and his company, Rapetti Rigging Services, Massapequa Park, N.Y., is responsible for the March 15, 2008 collapse. The Manhattan district attorney has maintained that William Rapetti and his company, Rapetti Rigging Services, Massapequa Park, N.Y., is

The site supervisor for the lead contractor at the site of the 2008 midtown Manhattan crane crash testified today in the manslaughter trial of master rigger William Rapetti and revealed that the doomed crane had experienced a spate of problems starting three months before the accident. Matthew Katkocin who was