All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Mar 12 2008 // Robin Hamilton has joined San Diego-based Cavignac & Associates as an account manager to oversee the firm’s construction-related accounts. Hamilton has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Cavignac...
Mar 12 2008 // ACE has announced the launch of ACE PFI (Private Finance Initiative), which it describes as a “fully integrated insurance solution providing comprehensive cover and risk management advice for all aspects of a PFI...
Mar 12 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a new workers’ compensation purchasing group: Texas Construction Supply (TCS).The group offers a workers’ comp option for qualifying supply yards, building material...
Mar 11 2008 // A Donald Trump high-rise under construction in New York City has been shut down for a second time after equipment struck and shattered several windows.Buildings Department officials say that a cable at the Trump SoHo...
Mar 10 2008 // Scrap the Destructive Plans“The U.S. Forest Service adopted illegal forest management plans that threaten California’s pristine national forests with road construction and oil drilling. … The Forest...
Mar 10 2008 // The members of the California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) play a vital role in the state’s insurance market. To find out how wholesalers are faring in California’s increasingly soft market,...
Feb 29 2008 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman have sued the U.S. Forest Service for adopting “illegal forest management plans” that permit road construction and oil...
Feb 26 2008 // World Trade Center developer Larry A. Silverstein and Willis Group Holdings said they have successfully placed workers’ compensation, general liability, excess liability, and specialty insurance programs for...
Feb 25 2008 // Three construction workers were hurt last week when the fourth floor of a building under construction collapsed in northwestern San Antonio.Fire officials say the construction site is at the Shops at La Cantera shopping...
Feb 25 2008 // Lockton’s reinsurance division announced from its London office that it has appointed Julian Wood as Executive Director. “He will play a leading role in the creation of a new specialist Engineering &...
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...