All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2008 // A rash of accidents has killed 13 people in the last five months at construction sites across New York City, leaving builders and safety officials on edge as they look for ways to improve safety conditions for workers and...
May 19 2008 // A U.S. House of Representatives committee is planning a review of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a result of recent construction deaths in Las Vegas and other major cities.Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.,...
May 16 2008 // Marsh has announced the appointment of Martin Stubbs as a Senior Vice President for Construction Professional Indemnity (PI) within its Financial and Professional Services (FINPRO) Practice in London. He has over 20...
May 14 2008 // Fireman’s Fund’s made available a new green coverage endorsement for manufacturers that want to reduce water and energy use, and lower their overall carbon footprint. The company is offering insurance premium...
May 13 2008 // The leader of a House of Representatives committee said it plans to review a federal agency in charge of ensuring workplace safety this summer after recent construction deaths in Las Vegas and other major cities.Rep. Lynn...
May 5 2008 // Patrick G. Ryan, founder and executive chairman Aon Corp., said he intends to retire Aug. 1, 2008. Ryan said the firm’s transition to a new management team under CEO Greg Case is complete.Ryan founded Aon, which has...
May 5 2008 // Weeks after a 5.2 level earthquake rocked the Midwest from Cairo, Ill., to Atlanta, Ga., geologists and the insurance industry are still discussing the impact of the quake — such as increases in the purchase of...
Apr 30 2008 // Thousands gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for a Mass organized by New York City construction workers to remember more than two dozen of their colleagues killed on the job in the past year.The memorial comes...
Apr 29 2008 // Tennessee officials say a construction worker fell to his death at an Embassy Suites construction site in Murfreesboro.Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services spokesman Randy White says the incident happened around...
Apr 25 2008 // Two weeks after a 5.2 level earthquake rocked the Midwest from Cairo to Atlanta, geologists and the industry are still discussing the impact of the quake–such as increases in the purchase of earthquake...
Apr 25 2008 // Only hours after New York City announced plans to ratchet up scrutiny of construction dangers, a construction worker was seriously hurt in a 25-foot plunge off a scaffold at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,...
Apr 25 2008 // New York City officials have ordered a $4 million review of dangerous construction activities after more than a dozen deaths this year.Less than a day after the announcement, a construction worker was seriously injured...
Apr 23 2008 // With green building construction starts expected to increase 400 percent in the next two years according to construction experts, Liberty Mutual Property, part of Liberty Mutual Group, has introduced a collection of...
Apr 22 2008 // Southeast insurance agents do not all agree the economy is in a recession or on the causes of the slumping economy, but they do agree the dominoes are in place that could trigger a serious economic chain reaction.Roger...
Apr 22 2008 // Insurance agents across New England and the Mid-Atlantic are worried about how their customers and they will fare as the region’s economy continues to slow.“An agent’s business is a direct reflection of...
Apr 22 2008 // Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced that his office has reached a $1.6 million agreement with a Collier County construction company and its president, resolving complaints that more than 100 construction jobs...
Apr 21 2008 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. named Michael LaRocco president and CEO. He will report to Chuck Kavitsky, president and CEO of Allianz of America, parent of Fireman’s Fund, and will also...
Apr 15 2008 // A Connecticut general contractor who delegates special inspections of all steel welding work as required by the state’s building code to a subcontractor is not liable for injuries resulting from an accident that...
Apr 8 2008 // Insurance premium discounts are available in 2008 to homeowners in Louisiana who build or retrofit a structure to comply with the requirements of the State Uniform Construction Code, install damage mitigation improvements,...
Apr 7 2008 // They are part of New York’s skyline: hundreds of spindly construction cranes like the one that toppled over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, pulverizing parts of a city block below and killing seven people. As...