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Law Changes Defense in Construction Defect Claims

Nov 2 2008 // New California Law Affects Wraps’ Indemnity Contracts, Could Increase Litigation California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has approved legislation affecting indemnity for construction defect claims in contracts in...

Foreclosed Residential Projects

Nov 2 2008 // When It’s Broken, How Do We Fix It? Halloween has come and gone, but modern-day ghost towns continue to haunt the U.S. landscape. After nearly a decade of exponential growth, developers and homebuilders have seen the...

Idaho Bridge Collapses, Investigation Starts

Oct 30 2008 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Idaho Department of Transportation have begun investigating what caused a bridge under construction in Nampa to collapse. More than a dozen workers from an...

California Change to Construction Contracts Could Increase Litigation

Oct 29 2008 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has approved legislation affecting indemnity for construction defect claims in contracts in residential construction — a decision that could increase litigation when resolving...

Minnesota Judge Throws Out I-35W Replacement Bridge Lawsuit

Oct 27 2008 // A judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging ow Minnesota transportation officials awarded the contract for the recently opened Interstate 35W replacement bridge in Minneapolis. Ramsey County District Judge Edward Cleary...

People

Oct 20 2008 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Lionheart Insurance Services hired Pat Piccinonno and Joe Weckerle Jr. to head its newly opened Irvine, Calif., office. Piccinonno, appointed president, has 35 years of insurance management and...

Forecast: NYC Building Boom Will Peak in 2008

Oct 15 2008 // New York City’s building boom will peak this year, with construction jobs plunging from a record 130,100 in 2008 to 100,250 in 2010, according to a report released yesterday. The report by the New York Building...

Feds Find Fall Hazards at NYC Construction Sites

Oct 10 2008 // The federal government says that fall hazards are the biggest safety problem at New York City construction sites after random inspections last summer. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued $247,400 in...

Construction Worker in Pittsburgh Dies in Fall

Oct 10 2008 // A construction worker is dead after falling 20 stories from a building in downtown Pittsburgh. City homicide detectives and officials with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating at the...

Construction Worker Deaths Fell in NYC in 2007

Oct 10 2008 // Construction deaths fell by nearly half in New York City last year after spiking the year before, according to a federal report released Monday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics figures came amid heightened concern about...

Wausau Signature Agency Forms Alliance to Combat Construction Theft

Oct 8 2008 // Wausau Signature Agency (WSA) recently announced it has entered into an alliance with the National Equipment Register (NER) to help WSA clients combat the growing problem of construction equipment theft by registering...