Latest Construction Headlines
All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Contractor Associations, Unions Form Trust to Administer Workers’ Comp Carve-Out Program
Dec 7 2004 // Northern California contractors and unions representing carpenters, laborers and operating engineers have formed a labor-management trust to administer a collectively bargained workers’ compensation carve-out...
NFIB/Construction Gets $82K Dividend from Texas Mutual Insurance
Dec 1 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) workers’ compensation purchasing group for the construction industry earned an $82,184 dividend. It was the...
Fla. Employer of Workers Killed at July Construction Site Accident Charged with Fraud
Nov 26 2004 // The employer of two workers killed in a July construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been arrested and charged with workers’ compensation fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher...
CONSTRUCTION DEFECT LEGISLATION DEFEATED IN COLO.:
Nov 22 2004 // Voters in Colorado Nov. 2 overwhelmingly turned back an effort to amend the state’s constitution and gut a construction defects reform measure passed by the legislature last year. In a victory for consumers and the...
Mass. Big Dig Springs Big Leaks; Hunt Commences to Pin Blame for Allegedly Faulty Construction
Nov 12 2004 // Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly said his office wants to know whether water accumulating on the underground roof of the Big Dig tunnels could damage the $14.6 billion roadway project, and who should be...
Construction Defect Legislation Defended by Colo. Voters Overwhelmingly
Nov 4 2004 // Voters in Colorado Nov. 2 overwhelmingly turned back an effort to amend the state’s constitution and gut a construction defects reform measure passed by the legislature last year. In a victory for consumers and the...
A Class Act: Understanding the Texas Workers’ Comp Classification System
Oct 25 2004 // Workers’ compensation is a very complicated insurance. I know. I’ve worked for Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s premium audit department for 10 years. Prior to that, I was the director of the...
Ogilvy-Hill Launches Construction Division
Oct 22 2004 // Santa Barbara, Calif.-based insurance brokerage firm Ogilvy-Hill Insurance announced the formation of a new construction division. The company has added 3 staff members to the division. Susan Shipp will serve as vice...
Fla. DFS Reminds Construction Contractors of Workers’ Comp Requirements
Oct 20 2004 // In response reportedly to hundreds of calls from homeowners and construction contractors, both in and out-of-state, concerned about Florida requirements for workers’ compensation insurance coverage, the Florida...
Vermont OSHA Probes Fatal Construction Accident
Oct 5 2004 // The state of Vermont said it will need about 10 days to investigate a construction accident that killed one man and sent a fellow worker to the hospital in Proctorsville. The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health...
Mass. Indicts ‘Big Dig’ Workers for Comp Fraud
Oct 4 2004 // Four men, including three “Big Dig” workers, were indicted last week in Massachusetts in unrelated cases for allegedly receiving workers compensation payments totaling more than $300,000 while holding down...
ACE USA Appoints N.Y.-Based Mayer to Senior VP Post to Lead Construction Practice
Sep 15 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced the appointment of Frank Mike-Mayer, senior vice president, to lead the ACE USA Construction Group. Based in New York City,...
Washington L&I Sees Dramatic Increase in Recovery of Unpaid Work Comp Premiums
Sep 14 2004 // Three years after it launched an initiative to level the playing field among employers in the construction industry, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of unpaid...
Are You Stuck with Your Head in the Sand’
Sep 6 2004 // You have probably seen property values in your community rise considerably over the last several years. As a seasoned insurance agent you know that market value is different than replacement value, but you still have an...
California Brothers and Employee Arrested in Alleged Felony Fraud Case
Aug 23 2004 // Brothers Sam Saeid Afghani, of Agoura Hills, Calif., and Siamac A. Afghani, of Calabasas, Calif., as well as employee Renee Laws, of Encino, Calif., were to be arraigned August 24 for their suspected roles in a fraud case...
CNA Surety Names Tinstman to Board
Aug 16 2004 // Chicago-based CNA Surety Corp. announced that Robert A. Tinstman, executive chairman of James Construction Group, joined its board of directors effective Aug. 11, 2004. Tinstman will replace Ken Miller, who resigned from...
ABD Adds to Redwood City Leadership and Construction Services Unit
Aug 12 2004 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a leading provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, announced appointments within the company’s property/casualty leadership and construction industry...
Fla. Construction Co. Owner Charged
Aug 9 2004 // An Indian Harbor, Fla., construction company owner was charged with workers’ compensation fraud after jeopardizing the coverage of at least one employee, according to investigators with the Department of Financial...
Charity Golf Outings Putt Focus on Helping Hand
Aug 9 2004 // It takes a special breed of individual to devote their business career to helping people in a time of great loss. The costs of doing so are both emotional and physical—emotional stress from dealing with unexpected,...
Fla. Employer of Killed, Injured Workers Ordered to Halt Work Actions
Aug 2 2004 // The employer of two workers killed and at least three who were injured last month in a construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been ordered to cease all business operations in Florida. The order was issued...
