All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2008 // Top 100 Agency Profile Ranking: No. 6 Agency Name: Allied North America Headquarters: Jericho, N.Y. Year Founded: 1979 Additional Locations: 16 offices in 11 states adn D.C. with 18 profit centers Specialization:...
Nov 16 2008 // A significant increase in unsold assets represents a substantial hole in the balance sheet for builders of every size. Combine this with rising costs for construction commodities … and it’s not surprising that...
Nov 16 2008 // Recent crane incidents throughout the United States and around the world are attracting increased media attention to craning operations.The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Nov 16 2008 // As society becomes more environmentally conscious, as energy prices continue to soar, and as government laws and regulations mandate it, green building promises to become the rule, rather than the exception, in the...
Nov 7 2008 // It takes a lot of paper to raise a crane in New York City these days. Maintenance records, tests certifying operators, and proof that a safety meeting has been held are among the documents required in the city since two...
Nov 2 2008 // 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 market for their product —...
Nov 2 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...
Nov 2 2008 // 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 market for their product —...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 role. Liddy...