All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Apr 7 2008 // Agents across New England and the Mid-Atlantic states are worried about how they and their customers will fare as the region’s economy continues to slow.“An agent’s business is a direct reflection of his...
Apr 7 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 7 2008 // The following interview with Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, took place with Insurance Journal‘s Andy Simpson in mid-February.How would a recession affect Main Street...
Mar 26 2008 // The brother of a construction worker killed when a New York crane collapsed has filed notice that he plans to sue the city for $30 million for his brother’s wrongful death.The notice of claim filing Monday by...
Mar 25 2008 // A Brockton, Mass. man was arraigned on charges he collected over $9,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while he worked at two different jobs, according to the attorney general’s office.Officials said John...
Mar 24 2008 // Officials in New York City are reviewing more than two dozen construction projects approved by a structural engineer accused of lying about inspecting a Bronx building that later collapsed and killed two...
Mar 21 2008 // Aon Corp. announced that Chad Karasaki has joined Aon Construction Services Group as managing director. Karasaki, who will also serve as chairman and CEO of the Aon Honolulu office, is the latest in a series of strategic...
Mar 19 2008 // They are part of New York’s skyline: hundreds of spindly construction cranes like the one that toppled over the weekend, pulverizing parts of a city block below and killing seven people. As the machines work...
Mar 18 2008 // Three people remained missing more than a day after a construction crane crashed down on a Manhattan neighborhood, killing at least four workers, injuring dozens and damaging six buildings.“There’s no sign of...
Mar 17 2008 // Search dogs sniffed the rubble. Rescuers aimed thermal-imaging cameras and listening devices into crevices. Some pulled at bricks with their gloved hands.Crews worked through the night and into the morning Sunday, sifting...