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Crane Safety Guidelines Needed

Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...

Crane Safety Guidelines Needed

Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...

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Oct 6 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) named Edward M. Liddy as chairman and CEO. He succeeds Robert B. Willumstad. Stephen F. Bollenbach, who was named lead independent director in June 2008, continues in that...

Oct 6 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) named Edward M. Liddy as chairman and CEO. He succeeds Robert B. Willumstad. Stephen F. Bollenbach, who was named lead independent director in June 2008, continues in that...

Crane Safety Guidelines Needed

Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...

Crane Safety Guidelines Needed

Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...

Crane Safety Guidelines Needed

Oct 6 2008 // In March 2008 a construction crane collapsed into a neighborhood bar and nearby apartments in New York City, killing seven people. In Bellevue, Wash., in June 2006, a large crane fell into an apartment building killing a...

‘Green’ Homeowners Insurance Available in Georgia

Oct 2 2008 // Georgia homeowners who use environmentally friendly solar panels and recycled building materials on their houses can now get insurance specially designed for “green” homes, according to state officials. The...

Big Dig Tunnel Victim’s Family Settles Lawsuit for $28 Million

Oct 2 2008 // The family of a Costa Rican woman killed when the ceiling of a downtown Boston tunnel collapsed has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for more than $28 million, attorneys told The Associated Press. The settlement was...

Crane Falls on Rhode Island School under Construction

Oct 2 2008 // A crane that fell on a school under construction in Woonsocket, Rhode Island has damaged the building, but caused no injuries. An operator was warming up the crane Monday morning when its boom fell forward onto exposed...

S&P: UK Construction, Manufacturing SME’s Face Greatest Default Risks

Sep 23 2008 // A study, released in London by Standard & Poor’s Risk Solutions, analyzes the 2007 year end financial returns of UK SME’s [small and medium enterprises]. It found that, “not surprisingly,” the...

OSHA Cites Contractors in Deadly New York Crane Collapse

Sep 17 2008 // A federal agency hit three construction firms with penalties totaling $313,500 on Monday for safety violations that led to a tower crane collapse that killed seven people in March. The citations by the Occupational Safety...

Heffernan Insurance Brokers Appoint Maciorowski Vice President in Missouri

Sep 16 2008 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers today announced the appointment of Greg Maciorowski as vice president in its Midwest practice group, based in Missouri. In this role, Greg will be charged with new business development for...

Professional Liability Risk Management and Insurance Consultancy, CRMC, Opens Its Doors

Sep 15 2008 // Construction Risk Management Consultants LLC (CRMC) a unique, highly specialized insurance and risk management consultancy with expertise in the design and implementation of professional liability risk management programs...

North Dakota Awarded $5 Million Construction Contract for Flood Project

Sep 10 2008 // The Army Corps of Engineer says it has awarded a $5 million construction contract for a Fargo, North Dakota flood project. The corps says the contract is going to Rising Sun Construction, Inc., of Fargo for a project in...

Mildenhall Joins Aon’s Construction Services Group; to Head Phoenix

Sep 3 2008 // Aon Corporation announced that Karen Mildenhall has joined the firm as executive vice president of Aon Construction Services Group. In addition to her responsibilities with the construction team, Mildenhall assumes...

N.Y. Toughens Penalties for Bribing Crane Inspectors, Falsifying Reports

Sep 1 2008 // New York Governor David Paterson has signed into law new criminal and civil penalties for crane inspectors who falsify their inspection reports, and those who try to interfere with the crane inspection...

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Sep 1 2008 // Aon Corporation recently announced that Karen Reutter has joined Aon Construction Services Group in a newly created position of senior vice president. Based in Minneapolis, Reutter is one of a number of strategic hires...

Labor Department Reports Fewer Workers Killed on Job in 2007

Sep 1 2008 // The number of workers killed on the job annually dropped to an historic low in 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced last month. The number of worker deaths dropped to 5,488 last year — the fewest since the...

Labor Dept: Fewer Workers Killed on Job in 2007

Aug 21 2008 // The number of workers killed on the job annually dropped to a historic low in 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday. The number of worker deaths dropped to 5,488 last year — the fewest since the...