Latest Construction Headlines
All the headlines from our Construction Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Houston Approves New Post-Harvey Flood Construction Rule
Apr 16 2018 // Houston officials have approved a rule for new homes and other buildings in the city’s flood plains that will require them to be elevated higher off the ground to avoid floodwaters. The regulation comes more than...
XL Catlin Adds Construction, Renovation Endorsement to Property Insurance Program
Apr 12 2018 // XL Catlin has added a Course of Construction (COC) coverage option to its Platinum Property insurance program to help businesses in the U.S. and Canada address construction risks associated with their property expansion...
Worker at Boston-Area Casino Construction Site Dies
Apr 9 2018 // A worker helping build the Boston area’s new casino has died. A spokesman for Wynn Boston Harbor said in a statement that the 56-year-old male worker died operating an excavator on site. The Middlesex District...
Utah Construction Firms Agree to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit for $1.2M
Apr 6 2018 // Two Utah construction companies have agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a whistleblower’s lawsuit alleging abuse of a federal program that helps small businesses. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the Salt Lake...
New Jersey Construction Firm Cited in Accident That Killed Ex-Boxer
Apr 2 2018 // Federal officials have cited a New Jersey firm for a fatal construction accident that killed a former heavyweight boxing champ who was defeated by Larry Holmes. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has...
Third Person Charged in Waterslide Death of Kansas Boy
Mar 29 2018 // A man involved in the design of the world’s tallest waterslide into has been indicted along with two others in connection with the death of a 10-year-old boy at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City,...
Endeavour Launches Deductible Buyback Program for Construction Wraps
Mar 23 2018 // Delegated authority specialist and Lloyd’s broker Endeavour Insurance Services has launched a subcontractor deductible buyback program for large construction wraps designed to support local contractors in the...
Oppenheim Named Partner at JLT Specialty’s Construction Risk Partners
Mar 22 2018 // JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), appointed Jon Oppenheim as partner to Construction Risk Partners. Based in Atlanta, Oppenheim will be a key leader in the development of...
Startup California Construction Company Working on Robotic Vehicles
Mar 20 2018 // As a teenager working for his dad’s construction business, Noah Ready-Campbell dreamed that robots could take over the dirty, tedious parts of his job, such as digging and leveling soil for building projects. Now the...
Survivor of South Dakota Building Collapse Sues Developer, Construction Company
Mar 16 2018 // A woman who survived beneath rubble for hours after a 2016 building collapse in Sioux Falls is suing the developer and construction company. Emily Fodness was sleeping in an apartment above the Copper Lounge in December...
Family Sues Companies Over 2016 Sioux Falls Building Collapse
Mar 8 2018 // The family of a man who died in a 2016 Sioux Falls, S.D., building collapse has filed two lawsuits alleging the developer and construction company were responsible for the tragedy. Construction worker Ethan McMahon died...
Company Wants Appeals Court to Lift Halt in Louisiana Oil Pipeline Work
Mar 5 2018 // A company building a crude oil pipeline in Louisiana has asked a federal appeals court to lift a judge’s order that temporarily halts pipeline construction work in a swamp. Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC asked the 5th...
HDI Adds to U.S. Engineering, Construction Divisions
Feb 22 2018 // HDI Global SE has appointed John Schossler has been appointed assistant vice president, Casualty Construction manager, based in Chicago. Schossler will lead all efforts in the development of this segment by cultivating...
Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire New Jersey’s New Day Underwriting Managers
Feb 22 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of New Day Underwriting Managers LLC (New Day), a specialty intermediary with offices in Hamilton, N.J. New Day will...
California Construction Workers Injured in Elevator Shaft Fall
Feb 20 2018 // Authorities say four construction workers were hurt, three critically, after plunging 30 feet down an elevator shaft at an unfinished Los Angeles building. The Fire Department says the men were working on a five-story...
Feds Investigating Fatal Fall at Nebraska Construction Site
Feb 2 2018 // Federal workplace safety investigators are looking into what led to the fatal fall of a construction worker at a Hastings, Nebraska, work site last week. Television station KSNB reports that Jeff Funke of the Omaha office...
New Report Says New York Construction Fatalities Rising
Feb 2 2018 // A new report says construction deaths in New York state hit a 14-year high in 2016. The study issued Wednesday by the union-backed New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health found that 71 workers died in...
Florida Construction Company Owner Arrested For $1.8 Million Workers’ Comp Scam
Feb 2 2018 // A construction company owner in Jacksonville, Fla., has been arrested following a workers’ compensation fraud investigation, according to a report from Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. Jeovane...
Starr Companies Launch Enviro-Wrap Product for Construction Risks in Canada
Jan 30 2018 // Starr Companies has launched its new product, Enviro-Wrap insurance, in Canada. The coverage provides wrap-up liability and contractor’s pollution liability for construction project specific placements, covering...
Sioux Falls, S.D., Scores Record Year for Commercial Construction
Jan 19 2018 // Commercial construction climbed to another record-breaking year in Sioux Falls. Building permits issued in 2017 for commercial projects reached $739 million. City leaders say it’s the fifth year in a row that...
