SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — The National Weather Service extended its heat advisory for Central New York through Monday evening.
While many are finding ways to cool off, construction workers across the city are slaving away in the scorching summer sun. With temperatures projected to feel like 100 degrees, sites around the city are telling their workers to manage the heat at their own discretion.
Rob Shipley is the site manager for J.K. Tobin Construction, the contractor hired for installing a new steam distribution system at Syracuse University’s Watson Hall. He says his crew looks after one another to make sure everyone stays safe.
“You keep an eye on whoever you’re working with and obviously don’t be afraid to take breaks and do what you have to do to get through it,” Shipley said.
In downtown Syracuse, workers for Hayner Hoyt at the new City Center project on Salina Street say progress has slowed down.
Dakota Sage, a worker at the City Center site, says shorter, more frequent breaks are the key to staying on schedule.
“You have to take a couple more breaks, keep making sure you’re staying hydrated, and switch off with guys here and there,” Sage said.
While the heat is extreme, Sage says it’s not uncommon this time of year.
“It is what it is in Central New York, you know,” Sage said. “So we only have a few good months. We have to get our jobs done.”
The two men say that no matter how hot it gets, their crews will be hard at work to stay on schedule.
