All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2021 // Chubb has appointed Lyndsey Christofer as executive vice president, Construction Industry Practice Leader for its large account segment. In this capacity, she will oversee a team of construction underwriting and service...
Apr 12 2021 // A major Pennsylvania construction contractor was charged Thursday with stealing tens of millions of dollars from its own workers by systematically violating state and federal prevailing wage laws on taxpayer-funded public...
Apr 7 2021 // A Louisiana-based construction and hauling firm and the U.S. Department of Labor in late March reached a settlement in a whistleblower/retaliation case.Labor officials had filed administrative orders against D.G....
Mar 30 2021 // A construction worker was killed when a trench collapsed on him while he was working in a residential development in the Hudson Valley community of Woodbury, New York, police said. The 43-year-old worker was digging in a...
Mar 8 2021 // One construction worker was killed and a second was critically injured in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning when a section of the concrete stairwell in a city-owned parking garage collapsed, authorities...
Mar 4 2021 // Two people died when they were struck by a truck at a construction site in Boston on Wednesday, officials said.The workers were struck on High Street in the city’s Financial District just after 8 a.m., interim police...
Mar 2 2021 // Sedgwick has acquired Construction Services Co., a building consulting firm headquartered in California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CSC provides loss assessment perspectives with an array of services focusing on...
Mar 1 2021 // Alex Ilgner has been named as an account administrator within the Environmental and Construction Professional (ECP) Practice of RT Specialty. He is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.In this role, he will support the...
Feb 24 2021 // A construction worker was injured when a gasket burst and struck him in the head at a college in northern New Jersey, authorities said. Workers were conducting a standard pressure test on a chiller line in the Learning...
Feb 23 2021 // Crews Sunday worked to take down a crane outside of a 31-story building that began tilting precariously on Friday, forcing officials to evacuate several buildings in downtown Atlanta and close surrounding streets.The...
Feb 16 2021 // Construction insurance specialists at Lloyd’s of London are hoping to see more U.S. business from increased government investment in infrastructure projects in 2021.That will be welcome after a period of dealing with...
Feb 11 2021 // Lockton Pacific has added Cynthia Lopez to its construction practice in Northern California. Lopez is based in Lockton’s Sacramento office. Lopez’s expertise includes more than two decades in the insurance...
Feb 10 2021 // CFC has upgraded its errors and omissions policy for US-based design and construction contractors to include costs for steps taken by the contractor to mitigate against a potential claim where work was not rectified, and...
Feb 10 2021 // Construction of a coal mine that threatened UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim to be a world leader in the fight against climate change is under review after growing opposition.The Woodhouse Colliery would be...
Feb 4 2021 // A construction worker was killed when the excavator he was operating fell into a waterway, leaving him trapped him inside the equipment, authorities said. The man was part of a crew working at a site in Linden, New Jersey,...
Feb 3 2021 // AXA XL’s North America Construction business has launched builders risk insurance programs to address mass timber project risks for construction clients.Mass timber building materials, which includes cross laminated...
Jan 22 2021 // Jose Zepeda, 45, of Fresno, Calif., self-surrendered this week on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and attempted perjury after filing a workers’ compensation insurance claim and allegedly misleading the...
Jan 22 2021 // Construction on the long disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline halted on Jan. 21 as incoming U.S. President Joe Biden revoked its permit on his first day in office.The 1,700-mile (2,735-kilometer) pipeline was planned to carry...
Jan 15 2021 // One person was killed and at least four people were injured after a retaining wall fell on construction workers in a North Carolina city, officials said Wednesday. The City of Hendersonville said in a news release that the...
Jan 6 2021 // CALGARY, Alberta – Restrictions imposed by British Columbia to fight the spread of COVID-19 infections after the holiday break have disrupted work at construction sites of a Rio Tinto hydropower project and BC...