Latest Construction Headlines
All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Protecting residential construction risks with OCIPs
Jul 24 2006 // Residential construction throughout the country surged to an all-time high in 2005, according to the United States Commerce Department. And though economists forecasted a slowing of construction and sales activity in 2006,...
Hurricane consultant outlines mitigation steps
Jul 24 2006 // According to a consultant for the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Florida’s building codes, which were approved in 2001, are working. He also says that Hurricane Charlie was a “model” hurricane in the...
Mass. AG: There Was ‘Substantial Dispute’ Over Big Dig Ceiling Method
Jul 19 2006 // Investigators probing the fatal collapse of a ceiling in Boston’s Big Dig underground freeway leading to the airport have discovered documents showing there was a “substantial dispute” over whether the...
ACE USA Realigns Construction Industry Practice
Jul 19 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has announced that its Construction Industry Practice, formerly part of ACE Risk Management, will now become a unit of ACE Casualty Risk, and...
Big Dig Tragedy Expected to Trigger New Wave of Litigation
Jul 17 2006 // When the family of the Jamaica Plain, Mass. woman who was killed when part of the ceiling in a Boston Big Dig tunnel fell gets around to filing a wrongful death lawsuit, that suit is expected to trigger legal fights among...
Building a construction business
Jul 3 2006 // The artisan market is filled with small trade contractors with a couple hundred thousand dollars in receipts and relatively small premiums. Yet that has not stopped NationsBuilders Insurance Services from wanting to...
Building a construction business
Jul 3 2006 // The artisan market is filled with small trade contractors with a couple hundred thousand dollars in receipts and relatively small premiums. Yet that has not stopped NationsBuilders Insurance Services from wanting to...
The OCIP or Wrap Policy
Jul 3 2006 // Owner controlled insurance programs (OCIPs) or contractor controlled insurance programs (CCIPs), commonly referred to as “wraps,” that have been traditionally used for large, commercial projects with...
California construct defect litigation creating perfect storm
Jul 3 2006 // In The Perfect Storm, the book that inspired the movie of the same name, author Sebastian Junger defined “the perfect storm” as a tempest that may happen only once in a century, a storm created by so rare a...
Snow to Lead Integro’s Canadian Construction Practice
Jun 30 2006 // Integro (Canada) Ltd. announced that Wayne Snow has been appointed principal for the company’s Toronto office. He will lead and develop the company’s Construction Practice in Canada. Snow has 30 years of...
Snow to Lead Integro’s Canadian Construction Practice
Jun 30 2006 // Integro (Canada) Ltd. announced that Wayne Snow has been appointed Principal for the company’s Toronto office. In this capacity, he will lead and develop Integro’s Construction Practice in Canada. “Snow...
Safe Home Expert Says Florida Building Codes Working
Jun 16 2006 // According to a consultant for the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Florida’s building codes that were approved in 2001 are working. He also says that Hurricane Charlie was a “model” hurricane in the sense...
American Mold Guard Increases Presence on Gulf Coast
Jun 15 2006 // Mold prevention company American Mold Guard Inc. announced the addition of two new service centers along the Gulf Coast to aid in post-Katrina restoration and new home construction efforts. AMG opened the new service...
Oil Well Discovered at Construction Site for Convenience Store in Okla.
Jun 9 2006 // Construction crews building a convenience store in south Tulsa, Okla., have discovered an abandoned oil well while digging a hole for gas storage tanks. The strange discovery was made recently when the crews broke open the...
Construction Permits in New Orleans Valued at $1 Billion
Jun 8 2006 // New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin recently acknowledged the work of the City’s Department of Safety and Permits and Director Mike Centineo for issuing commercial and residential permits valued at more than $1 billion in...
Moore Joins Benfield’s Offshore Construction Team
Jun 6 2006 // Benfield Corporate Risk has appointed Marina Moore, an offshore construction risk expert, to its growing Energy Team. “Marina brings a wealth of experience of upstream construction risks with her background as a...
Arthur J. Gallagher lacked authority to issue additional endorsements
Jun 5 2006 // A California court has found Arthur J. Gallagher had no authority to issue additional insured endorsements in a high-exposure construction defect litigation. The court ruled California law prohibits the issuance of...
Class Action Suit Filed in New Orleans Against 15 Homeowners Insurers
Jun 1 2006 // A class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on May 24, 2006, on behalf of Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area homeowners insurance policyholders who have...
Aon Construction Services Group Adds Three to San Jose Office
Jun 1 2006 // Aon Construction Services Group has added professionals to its San Jose, Calif., offices. Milena Mikin joins the firm as a marketing specialist; and David Salley and Karen Smith join the firm as relationship...
Arthur J. Gallagher Lacked Authority to Issue Additional Endorsements
May 26 2006 // A California court has found Arthur J. Gallagher had no authority to issue additional insured endorsements in a high-exposure construction defect litigation. The court ruled California law prohibits the issuance of...
