STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THAT. BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON. A SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSE IN PITTSBURGH’S STRIP DISTRICT. LET’S GET RIGHT OUT TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR ...

PITTSBURGH — Scaffolding fell from a building in Pittsburgh’s Strip District during strong winds, damaging several parked cars and a nearby building. Police, firefighters and medics were dispatched to ...

A controversial 140-year-old, only-in-New York law that holds property owners and contractors responsible for all falls on construction sites, even in instances of worker negligence, has caused ...

HONG KONG – Hong Kong plans to phase out its long tradition of using bamboo scaffolding for construction projects, after the city’s deadliest residential fire in more than 60 years. Investigators are ...

All eyes are on an ancient method of construction after tower blocks in Hong Kong were destroyed by fire. Devastating images and video of the inferno tearing through bamboo scaffolding around ...

Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades, killing at least 36, has highlighted the danger of using flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh prevalent in construction. Hong Kong authorities are investigating ...

A deadly blaze that ravaged a four-decade-old housing estate in Tai Po and killed at least 128 people since Wednesday has once again cast a spotlight on one of Hong Kong’s most iconic yet contentious ...

Dr Ehsan Noroozinejad has received funding from both national and international organisations. His most recent funding on integrated housing and climate policy comes from the Australian Public Policy ...

Bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique that was traditionally ubiquitous in Hong Kong, is under scrutiny for its role in the city’s deadliest fire in more than a century. At least 55 people ...

The Hong Kong residential towers engulfed by smoke and flames on Wednesday were surrounded by an ancient construction material familiar to anyone who’s spent time in the one of the world’s most ...