Whether you're a professional shop mechanic or just changing your own oil at home, a trustworthy floor jack is a must-have tool. Harbor Freight has lots of useful items for working on cars, including ...

HONG KONG — Kan Shui-ying was home alone on Wednesday, watching television at her Hong Kong apartment while her husband and son were at work. It was around 3 p.m., she said, when she “smelled a strong ...

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 ...

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 still ...

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 ...

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 ...

HONG KONG, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades has highlighted its risky use of flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh for building work in a tradition dating back centuries ...

Construction and real estate company executives are teaming with D.C. politicians to weaken laws that protect New York construction workers, who have some of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The ...

The city has enacted new laws to reduce the length of time for scaffolding and sidewalk shed permits. But you can take more direct action. By Jill Terreri Ramos Q: We live in a building in Manhattan ...

Every year, in the middle of summer, hundreds of Hong Kong construction workers and engineers walk up some 200 steps to Ching Lin Terrace in the seaside neighborhood of Kennedy Town. There, in one of ...

The plaintiff was performing siding work on a pump-jack scaffold when it collapsed, causing him to fall 35 feet to the concrete surface below. A man who fell more than 30 feet on a job site allegedly ...