In 1974, the museum acquired "Abakan Violet," an eight-foot construction that depicts female genitalia.
In the United States, the first railroad tunnel was a 701-foot construction on the Allegheny Portage Railroad.
A 210-foot construction crane collapsed and struck three buildings, killing a 31-year-old man inside a top floor apartment that was crushed, the authorities said.
By applying the lessons learned in building an initial stand-alone rental unit next door, Mr. Swanson said, HUG was able to cut its per-square-foot construction costs by nearly half for the duplex.
On July 21 , 1998 a similar calamity struck West 43rd Street between Seventh Avenue and Avenue of the Americas, when a 700-foot construction elevator collapsed, killing an elderly woman.
RIO have also reopened the Devonport column, a 124-foot construction – another relic of imperial grandeur, also finished in 1824 – from whose viewing platform you get an amazing perspective on the city.
Ms. Diaz is doing so well that her husband, Manuel, a burly six-foot construction worker, says he jokingly tells friends: "She'll be earning so much that I'm going to be able to quit my job and take care of the house.
Mesmerized by all the activity, I fell into a 6-foot construction trench that was inches from the source of the smell: a fire pit where a fraternity was grilling meat to recruit new pledges.
PBC expects to begin work on the $1.4 million, 10,000-square-foot construction project in early September.
On Newbury Street, a 49,000-square-foot building under construction will house a three-story Chanel store and six residences.
