All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 20 2016 // The parties who have a potential legal claim in the fatal collapse of a building in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D., have had a final opportunity to inspect the ruins before crews start removing critical pieces of the...
Nov 29 2016 // The Department of Buildings of the City of New York’s (DOB) recent move to better regulate crawler crane operations in New York City has led to concern for some in the insurance industry that a stricter regulatory...
Nov 21 2016 // As a contractor, partnering is a critical element to our daily operations. One such key partnering relationship is with our insurance broker and carrier. We work together tirelessly to assure our work zones are safe, our...
Nov 21 2016 // With “smart” building becoming the gold standard in today’s commercial construction world, builders, building owners, workers and insurers are dealing with new technologies and risks. These smart...
Nov 14 2016 // The fledgling drone industry is in the throes of change as weak consumer demand and falling prices drive startups to shift their focus to specialized business applications.3D Robotics – an early drone startup that...
Nov 8 2016 // The U.S. branch of Generali Global Corporate & Commercial, a provider of multinational property, casualty, and specialty insurance and part of the global Generali Group, has launched a Global Construction Insurance...
Nov 7 2016 // Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III lawsuits are up 63 percent over 2015, according to law firm Seyfarth Shaw.ADA Title III prohibits businesses open to the public from discriminating on the basis of...
Oct 14 2016 // Beazley, a provider of specialist construction and engineering insurance, has appointed Santiago Jaramillo as construction and engineering focus group leader for Latin America. Jaramillo will work out of the...
Oct 12 2016 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing 18 changes to the agency’s recordkeeping, general industry, maritime and construction standards. The agency estimates that proposed revisions could save...
Oct 11 2016 // The record pace of construction in Sioux Falls isn’t letting up. The Argus Leader reported that the city has permitted $573.4 million in construction through September, up from $546 million over the same period last...
Oct 7 2016 // Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III lawsuits are up 63 percent over 2015, according to law firm Seyfarth Shaw.ADA Title III prohibits businesses open to the public from discriminating on the basis of...
Oct 5 2016 // Global insurance broker Marsh has hired David Hewett as a U.S. contract surety leader in its construction practice. In this newly created role, Hewett will work closely with Marsh’s surety practice to deliver...
Sep 19 2016 // New Jersey has joined several other U.S. states in deciding that if a subcontractor’s defective work damages parts of a general contractor’s project, the damages are covered under the general contractor’s...
Sep 6 2016 // Coverage Part A of the Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy is limited in scope, extending coverage to claims arising out of only bodily injury (BI) and/or property damage (PD). Couple Part A’s limited scope...
Aug 31 2016 // New Jersey has joined several other U.S. states in deciding that if a subcontractor’s defective work damages parts of a general contractor’s project, the damages are covered under the general contractor’s...
Aug 31 2016 // With strong winds, drenching rain, high surf, and coastal flooding, Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in the Tohoku region of Japan Tuesday evening local time, near the city of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, according to an...
Aug 29 2016 // Thousands of would-be drone pilots are racing to get licensed under new U.S. regulations that have opened an aerial stampede.More than 3,300 have signed up to take the test on Monday, the first day it’s available,...
Aug 26 2016 // The California Department of Transportation has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of a 24-year-old woman who was killed by a drunk driver while working on a nighttime paving project. Attorneys for...
Aug 25 2016 // Officials say a Las Vegas construction worker has died after a scaffolding collapse.Las Vegas Fire & Rescue says the scaffolding collapsed at a Tivoli Village construction site on Monday afternoon. One man fell with...
Aug 24 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added risk management and insurance professional Jim Williford to the firm’s National...