Latest Construction Headlines
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Terre Haute, Indiana, Area Had Nation’s 2nd-Biggest Construction Job Gain
Dec 23 2014 // The city of Terre Haute and surrounding areas of western Indiana had the nation’s second-highest percentage gain in construction jobs during the past year, a new analysis of job data shows. A spokesman for one state...
Iowa Court: Construction Defect Remedy Doesn’t Extend to Banks, Developers
Dec 15 2014 // The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to give banks and real estate developers the same legal remedy that protects homebuyers from defective construction. In a pair of decisions, the court refused to expand Iowa’s...
XL Group Adds Fleet Safety Service to Construction Insurance
Nov 21 2014 // As nearly half of all construction fatalities involve a vehicle, XL Group North America Construction has added fleet safety training services to its construction insurance business in collaboration with Issaquah,...
Texas Mutual Awards $62K Dividend to Construction Supply Safety Group
Nov 20 2014 // Austin-based workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., recently awarded a dividend of $62,147 to the Texas Construction Supply safety group. Texas Mutual said the dividend was earned based on the...
Eastern Insurance Group Hires Lemos as Construction Practice Manager in Mass.
Nov 20 2014 // Eastern Insurance Group in Natick, Massachusetts, has hired William Lemos as senior vice president and manager of its construction practice. At Eastern Insurance Group, Lemos will provide oversight and direction as it...
Aon Web Tool Aids Contractors Working in Multiple States
Nov 18 2014 // The Construction Services Group of Aon Risk Solutions has a new web-based tool to help clients navigate the risk challenges of pursuing work in multiple geographies. The Construction Risk Portal is a single website that...
10 Things to Know About Contractors & Builders
Nov 17 2014 // Some 991,000 total housing starts are forecast for 2014. That’s up 6.6 percent from 930,000 units last year. – National Association of Home Builders Single-family housing production is expected to rise 26 percent...
Insuring Infrastructure Projects in Latin America
Nov 17 2014 // With its aging infrastructure, growing population and successful bids for mega-sports events like the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, Latin America is offering the construction industry billions of dollars of opportunities...
Allied World Europe Appoints Beerli, VP, Onshore Construction
Nov 12 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that Allied World Europe has appointed Roman Beerli, Vice President, Onshore Construction. He will be responsible for underwriting onshore construction projects...
Washington Companies Fined $370,000 for Asbestos Violations
Nov 10 2014 // The Washington Department of Labor & Industries cited two employers for violations that exposed workers to asbestos during the demolition of a Seattle apartment building. An L&I investigation into the Seattle...
ACE Rolls Out Online Platform for Construction Industry
Nov 3 2014 // ACE Group announced that it is now providing insurance brokers, contractors and construction industry clients with access to its ACE Worldview online platform, an enhancement to traditional insurance policy management...
Three Trends to Watch for in Architects & Engineers Coverage
Nov 3 2014 // Architects and engineers are high-risk professions. A small error within their designs can potentially lead to construction delays, significant losses and an array of other costly lawsuits. Purchasing professional...
Mississippi’s Leflore County Adopts New Statewide Building Code
Oct 31 2014 // The Leflore County Board of Supervisors has adopted the 2012 International Building Code, which means new construction will have to adhere to a set of uniform standards. Under a new state law, Mississippi counties have a...
Kansas Contractors Struggle to Find Skilled Workers
Oct 24 2014 // A survey finds that many Kansas contractors are having trouble filling skilled jobs in the construction industry. Ninety percent of the 20 Kansas firms that responded to an Associated General Contractors survey said...
Connecticut Construction Company Faces OSHA Fines
Oct 10 2014 // Federal workplace safety regulators say a Manchester, Connecticut-based construction company faces fines of more than $100,000 for a series of violations of workplace safety and health standards. The Occupational Safety...
How to Handle Market Transition in Builder’s Risk Insurance
Oct 6 2014 // Just as the construction industry’s multifamily sector grows post-recession – creating a spike in retailer brokers’ demand for builder’s risk insurance – massive fires at construction sites have...
Alabama’s Lessons from Hurricane Ivan at 10th Anniversary
Oct 6 2014 // Last month marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Ivan, one of the costliest tropical storms to ever hit the U.S. Ivan came ashore near Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Sept. 16, 2004, as a Category 3 storm. The storm also...
Texas Construction Company Owners Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 25 2014 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Anthony Stokes and Mario Williams of Little Elm, Texas, for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Stokes and Williams were...
Helping Clients Through Home Renovations
Sep 22 2014 // Home renovations are in high gear these days, thanks to low interest rates on second mortgages and bank loans. But, the construction process itself is typically fraught with anxiety, given longer-than-expected timeframes...
Fatal Occupational Injuries Decrease by 8% in Texas in 2013
Sep 22 2014 // In 2013, there were 493 fatal occupational injuries in Texas, an 8 percent decrease from 536 in 2012, the Texas Department of Insurance reported. The figures are based on preliminary data released release by the U.S....
