When a tornado hit St. Louis this past May, many houses underwent roof, window, and siding damage, and many homeowners are still grappling with the unique problem of planning these fixes. As it turns ...

(CBS) – Problems with a scaffolding atop a high-rise is causing concern on the ground. The scaffolding was straddling a corner of the roof of an apartment building at Lake and Wabash. Lake Street was ...

New York has some of the strongest labor laws in the nation, laws that set the benchmark for upholding workers’ rights. Among them is the Scaffold Law, which has been a beacon of construction site ...

The team dismantles a roof over 13 floors up in Paddington, working with strict safety measures in a high-risk, tight-space ...

Scaffolding and netting that covered a tower block for more than four years will be taken down. Work to remove flammable ...

The Scaffold Law traces its origins to 1885 when there were few federal and state regulations to protect construction workers, who increasingly were getting injured on the job. Similar laws in every ...

Three people were injured — one seriously — after scaffolding blew off a roof into the courtyard of a bar next door, the FDNY said. Construction crews were working on the bulkhead of the roof of a ...