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Two NY skyscraper projects run into US$76m union spat

Published Fri, Nov 10, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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TWO of New York's most significant construction projects - Manhattan West, where Amazon.com Inc will have offices; and One Vanderbilt, destined to be among the city's tallest buildings - are both ensnared by a US$76 million labour dispute.

Both projects, managed by Aecom-Tishman, have "numerous issues" due to a union problem, according to a Wednesday bankruptcy filing by one of their contractors.

One Vanderbilt - currently a steel skeleton hulking over Grand Central Terminal at the corner of 42nd Street, deve…

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