Latest Construction Headlines
All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Building Collapses at New York City Construction Site
May 1 2009 // A five-story building collapsed at a lower Manhattan construction site on Thursday, but fire officials said it appeared no one was inside. Emergency crews with a dog were sifting through the building’s rubble and...
Nevada Workers Safety Training Plan Debated
Apr 29 2009 // Changes to speed up the workplace safety training for new employees in Nevada, in efforts to reduce on-the-job deaths and injuries, prompted questions in a Nevada Assembly committee hearing. AB148 requires 10 hours of...
It’s Not Easy Being Green; But It’s Profitable
Apr 21 2009 // Jim Henson’s most famous Kermit the Frog said it the best, “It’s not easy being green.” Today’s property owners and insurers understand that while it’s not easy going green, being green...
Courthouse Bonding Decision Will Not Cost Kentucky
Apr 7 2009 // A new requirement that construction managers on 35 state courthouse projects insure the entire value of their work will not increase the state’s costs, an attorney investigating the projects said. But attorney...
California Construction Workers Chronically Uninsured
Apr 6 2009 // California construction workers are more likely than workers in any other industry statewide to be chronically uninsured, according to a Center on Policy Initiatives study. The California construction industry is expected...
ISG Launches Construction Project for Lending Institutions, Investors
Apr 1 2009 // Insurance Specialty Group LLC (ISG) has partnered with several homebuilding specialist firms and contractors in founding Home Builder Specialty Group (HSG). Available nationwide, Home Builder Specialty Group provides...
Arizona Appeals Court: Architect Can Be Sued for Negligence
Mar 31 2009 // A lawsuit filed by a property owner against an architect alleging professional negligence and seeking purely economic damages is not barred by the economc loss doctrine, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled. According to...
States Gear Up for Stimulus Package
Mar 23 2009 // Impact on Insurance Industry May be Minimal, Experts Say The $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress looms as the largest mountain on the country’s newly changed economic landscape. But despite hope that the...
Greener Opportunities
Mar 23 2009 // Insurers Compete for a Growing Green Industry Jim Henson’s famous Kermit the Frog said it the best, “it’s not easy being green.” Today’s property owners and insurers understand that while...
California Construction Workers Chronically Uninsured
Mar 20 2009 // California construction workers are more likely than workers in any other industry statewide to be chronically uninsured, according to a study by the Center on Policy Initiatives. Accrding to the report, the California...
Massachusetts Construction Jobs Drying up
Mar 17 2009 // The number of construction jobs in Massachusetts has fallen by about 10,000 positions in the past three months to the lowest level in a decade. The Boston Globe, citing state employment data, reports Monday that there are...
Nevada Bill Aims to Improve Construction Safety
Mar 10 2009 // A measure to improve safety training for construction site employees was endorsed recently by workers and labor leaders, a key state lawmaker, a major contractor and the head of Nevada’s Occupational Safety and...
States Gear Up for Stimulus Package
Mar 9 2009 // Impact on Insurance Industry May be Minimal, Experts Say The $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress looms as the largest mountain on the country’s newly changed economic landscape. But despite hope that the...
Nevada OSHA Director Defends Construction Site Safety Efforts
Mar 6 2009 // The head of Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration defended his agency’s efforts to ensure workplace safety during a Senate committee hearing this week that marked the start of a monthlong...
Judge Dismisses UConn Law Library Construction Lawsuit
Feb 27 2009 // A judge has dismissed the state’s lawsuit against contractors involved in the building of the University of Connecticut law school library, saying the state waited too long. Waterbury Superior Court Judge William...
North Carolina Construction Worker Wins Case Over Hostile Workplace
Feb 13 2009 // A federal jury has awarded $50,000 to a North Carolina construction worker who says co-workers hurled racial epithets at him, shot nails toward him and even tried to hang him on a job site. The Asheville Citizen-Times...
Families’ Lawsuit Blames Florida Hospital Mold for Kids’ Deaths
Feb 6 2009 // The families of three pediatric cancer patients sued a Florida hospital this week, claiming their children died after contracting fungal infections from renovations being performed at the facility. The lawsuit filed by...
New York City Announces New Construction Safety Measures
Feb 5 2009 // New York City set more than 40 new rules for the struggling construction industry to make high-risk sites safer and correct problems such as those that led to two deadly crane collapses last year. The Department of...
Aon Construction Services Group Adds Senior Leaders to Residential Practice
Jan 28 2009 // Aon Corp. has appointed Mike Szot and George Dale managing directors of Aon’s Construction Services Group’s residential practice in Los Angeles. These senior-level additions have been made in response to the...
Worker Killed at Boston Construction Site
Jan 26 2009 // A worker has been killed at a Boston construction site. Boston police said Friday that something heavy fell on the construction worker at the Russia Wharf development site on Congress Street around 10 a.m. The man was...
