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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...
Crane Safety Guidelines Needed
Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...
Crane Safety Guidelines Needed
Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...
People
Oct 6 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) named Edward M. Liddy as chairman and CEO. He succeeds Robert B. Willumstad. Stephen F. Bollenbach, who was named lead independent director in June 2008, continues in that...
Oct 6 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) named Edward M. Liddy as chairman and CEO. He succeeds Robert B. Willumstad. Stephen F. Bollenbach, who was named lead independent director in June 2008, continues in that...
Crane Safety Guidelines Needed
Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...
Crane Safety Guidelines Needed
Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...
Crane Safety Guidelines Needed
Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...
‘Green’ Homeowners Insurance Available in Georgia
Oct 2 2008 // Georgia homeowners who use environmentally friendly solar panels and recycled building materials on their houses can now get insurance specially designed for “green” homes, according to state officials. The...
Big Dig Tunnel Victim’s Family Settles Lawsuit for $28 Million
Oct 2 2008 // The family of a Costa Rican woman killed when the ceiling of a downtown Boston tunnel collapsed has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for more than $28 million, attorneys told The Associated Press. The settlement was...