The future of building took center stage in this week's most popular Construction Dive reads. Plans for South Korea's "Tower Infinity," which may come with a cloaking capability caught some attention, while some emerging issues with rooftop solar installations also got readers thinking.
Want to see more about those stories and what the rest of the construction world cared about over the last few days? Have a look at the links below:
- OSHA tags R.I. company for trench-safety violation: Inspectors spotted a crew from D'Ambra Construction Co. Inc. that had workers laying pipe 6 to 7 feet below ground in a trench with nothing to stabilize it, the agency said.
- Firefighters won't die to save solar-powered buildings: It's not that they don't care, but they have been taught that working on or cutting through a roof loaded with solar panels can be very dangerous.
- Invisible skyscraper construction planned outside of Seoul: Near Incheon Airport in South Korea, a tower is going to be built that could become almost invisible—with the help of cameras and projectors—to show off Korean technology.
- Home-building machinery accident claims crew member in Maryland: In Bethesda, Md., police said a man working on a home-building project died after a small excavator tipped and he was pinned between it and the house.
- Making your Ford, Chevy or Ram your rolling office: An office in a pickup truck no longer has to mean paperwork shoved into hard-to-reach places.
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