All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 22 2008 // The condition of Iowa’s bridges ranked fourth worst in the nation, with nearly a quarter structurally deficient, according to a study released Wednesday by a coalition of industry groups.The study found that 21...
Feb 6 2008 // D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has announced new safety standards to protect pedestrians walking by construction sites.Fenty says the changes end “the era when sidewalks were blocked for months on end.” The new policy...
Feb 5 2008 // Aon Corporation has hired Scott Rons as assistant vice president, surety operations, for Aon Construction Services Group. Based in Denver, Rons will help enforce Aon Construction Services Group’s strategic commitment...
Jan 31 2008 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has joined the American Council On Renewable Energy and the U.S. Green Building Council.Peter Thompson, vice president, Chubb & Son, and worldwide energy manager for Chubb...
Jan 28 2008 // If the struggling bond market is saved by a potential bailout, turbulence in the stock market could ease — but without a bailout, cities across the country could have difficulty building everything from sewers to...
Jan 25 2008 // Prosecutors reached a $458 million settlement with contractors over tunnel defects that caused a fatal 2006 accident but a small contractor that isn’t involved in the agreement says it unfairly spares the most...
Jan 23 2008 // Insurance premium discounts will soon be available to homeowners who install storm mitigation improvement devices or build or retrofit their homes to comply with Louisiana’s Uniform Construction Code, Commissioner of...
Jan 23 2008 // The main management consultant and contractor on Boston’s $15 billion Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Big Dig) has agreed to pay more than $407 million to resolve civil and criminal liabilities in connection with the...
Jan 22 2008 // Lockton International announced the appointment of Alan Angel as a Consultant, providing specialist advice and guidance to the UK Division’s real estate and construction clients on how to maximize the efficiency and...
Jan 17 2008 // Louisiana’s new agriculture commissioner, Mike Strain, wasted no time in ending his department’s much criticized use of non-construction employees for major building projects.The state’s Office of Risk...
Jan 14 2008 // Aon Corp, a provider of global risk management services, today announced that Mary Ann Krautheim has joined Aon Construction Services Group as its first National Client Strategy officer. Based in Minneapolis, Krautheim is...
Jan 13 2008 // For contractor Paige Smith of Neuse Tile Service Inc. in Youngsville, N.C., the increase in cold calls she is receiving from insurance agents is a sure sign of the industry’s softening market. A couple times a month...
Jan 13 2008 // As the financial and housing markets continue to work their way through the fallout of the mortgage lending meltdown, the construction sector faces its share of woes. But as is typically the case, specific conditions —...
Jan 10 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) will hold a regional workplace safety workshop in Corpus Christi to address safety concerns in the construction and transportation...
Dec 21 2007 // A New Hampshire judge has approved a hazardous waste violation settlement that will see a Pembroke construction company pay a $157,500 fine. The state alleged Venture Construction, Inc., transported and stored hazardous...
Dec 18 2007 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a Division of Wells Fargo Insurance Services, has added Andrej “Andy” Stoelting as a producer/broker in the company’s Redwood City, Calif., headquarters. Formerly an...
Dec 18 2007 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Marine announced today that it has entered into an agreement with National Equipment Register (NER) to help RLI clients reduce the expense associated with construction equipment theft.RLI...
Dec 17 2007 // IBA West Service Corp. and AmWINS Access have teamed to offer a specialty workers’ compensation program for IBA West member brokers and agents and their construction, trucking and security guard clients.Coverage is...
Dec 14 2007 // Until a deadly blaze in a condemned ground zero skyscraper this summer spurred scrutiny of inspection records, the New York fire department didn’t know that some construction and demolition sites existed. Many were...
Dec 2 2007 // New York City fire department officials and construction contractors have formed a joint advisory council to lay down stringent safety rules for job sites, aimed at forestalling such mishaps as the fire that killed two...