Latest Construction Headlines
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Keystone Pipeline Leak Likely Caused by 2008 Construction Damage: Report
Nov 30 2017 // A federal agency says a leak in TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone oil pipeline in South Dakota likely was caused by damage during construction in 2008. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a...
Number of Road Construction Work Zone Deaths High in Iowa
Nov 26 2017 // Iowa officials say a surge in construction projects and an increase in miles driven by motorists have led to a high number of people dying in road construction work zone crashes this year. Ten people have died in work zone...
A Storm of Claims Likely Following 2017 Hurricane Season
Nov 20 2017 // The aftermath of this year’s hurricanes includes massive reconstruction across the impacted areas, which in turn creates an increased possibility for construction defect claims that would affect the liability...
Austin American-Statesman: Texas Has 100s of Substandard Dams in Populated Areas
Nov 14 2017 // The earthen dam on the outskirts of Georgetown in Texas’ Williamson County certainly does not look flimsy. The Austin American-Statesman reports at 35 feet high and nearly a third of a mile long, it has done a...
Florida Construction Company Owner Arrested for $1M Workers’ Comp Scam
Nov 6 2017 // The owner of a Florida construction company has been arrested for allegedly obtaining a fraudulent workers’ compensation policy by underreporting the number of staff he employed, the company’s annual payroll...
JLT Specialty USA Adds Starr’s Vendetti to Construction Risk Partners
Nov 2 2017 // JLT Specialty USA announced the appointment of James Vendetti as a director for its construction insurance practice, Construction Risk Partners (CRP). Based in New York, Vendetti will focus on business development,...
Prevalent, Discredited Building Technique Raised Mexico’s Quake Deaths: Engineers
Oct 12 2017 // Warm lighting would enhance the wood floors’ natural glow, the developer promised, so when all the custom lightbulbs burnt out, Anahi Abadia and her husband grudgingly drove to Home Depot to replenish supplies for...
Two Workers Die in Separate New York Building Construction Site Falls
Sep 25 2017 // Two construction workers, one of them a father of five children, fell to their deaths at separate building sites on Thursday. The first death occurred in the morning at a residential high-rise construction site in the...
DUAL’s Construction Division in North Carolina Adds Mahar as Senior Underwriter
Sep 25 2017 // DUAL Commercial has hired John Mahar as a senior underwriter within its Construction Division. Mahar will be located in DUAL’s new office in Charlotte, NC. Mahar has more than 18 years of experience in the insurance...
New Online Tool From Travelers Helps Contractors Spot Vibration Damage Potential
Sep 25 2017 // Travelers has introduced a new online tool, ZoneCheck, to help contractors identify areas surrounding a jobsite that could be affected by vibrations from heavy equipment – a common cause of construction-related damage...
Fire That Threatened 100 Homes in Nevada Began at Construction Site
Sep 21 2017 // Fire investigators say a blaze on the west edge of Reno, Nev. that threatened as many as 100 homes and destroyed two construction trailers started at a home construction site. Truckee Meadows Fire Chief Charlie Moore says...
JLT Specialty USA Appoints Cornish as Director Based in New York City
Sep 21 2017 // JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), has announced the appointment of Keith Cornish as director based in New York City. The appointment is part of JLT’s continued...
6 Tips to Consider in a Post-Harvey and Irma Homebuilding Market
Sep 18 2017 // The images of familiar places underwater in South Texas and Floria haunt us. The spirit of volunteers risking their lives to help strangers emboldens us. But those in the home building insurance industry naturally start to...
Miami’s Downed Construction Cranes Spark Debate on Safety
Sep 15 2017 // In Miami’s central Edgewater district along Biscayne Bay on Wednesday, a collapsed construction crane hung from the top of a high-rise condominium under development, dangling over low-rise apartments below. Residents...
New Construction Coverage From Liberty Mutual, Ironshore Targets Integrated Projects
Sep 14 2017 // Liberty Mutual and Ironshore’s dedicated construction practices have introduced an Integrated Primary Wrap Up/Project Specific program offering general liability (GL) and professional liability (PL) protection for...
Minnesota Construction Company to Pay $125K to Settle Race Harassment Lawsuit
Sep 13 2017 // A Hugo, Minn., construction company will pay $125,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency reported. The EEOC’s lawsuit charged...
Irma Topples Two Construction Cranes Atop Miami High-Rises
Sep 11 2017 // Two cranes atop high-rise buildings under construction collapsed Sunday in downtown Miami amid strong winds from Hurricane Irma. The cranes were among two dozen such heavyweight hazards looming over the city skyline as the...
Bad Design, Poor Construction Blamed for California Dam Damage
Sep 7 2017 // Bad design and construction of the tallest U.S. dam a half-century ago and inadequate state and federal oversight since then led to a disastrous spillway collapse in February, an independent national team of dam safety...
XL Innovate Backs Construction Risk Management Platform Pillar
Sep 5 2017 // Pillar Technologies, which uses sensors to capture and distribute risk data on construction sites in real time, has secured $2.75 million in seed funding from XL Innovate, Hyperplane VC and Techstars Ventures. Pillar said...
New Jersey’s New Day Underwriting Names Webb AVP in Construction Division
Aug 18 2017 // New Day Underwriting Managers, a Hamilton, N.J.-based specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance coverages, has named Bill Webb assistant vice president in the...
