APD issued a search warrant on Friday to look into the scaffolding set up at 21 Rio after three men last month fell to their deaths while working on the building. Police believe that the scaffolding was installed defectively at the site, using inferior, sub-standard materials. This faulty scaffolding installation may result in charges of criminally negligent homicide. [Statesman] more ›

Four construction workers from the 21 Rio project were on scaffolding which partially collapsed this afternoon. Two of the men fell about eleven stories to their deaths, with a third dying later in the hospital. The fourth man sustained only minor injuries. So far the cause of the scaffolding collapse is unknown. [Statesman] more ›