A cut-rate building contractor will face murder charges for a botched demolition in downtown Philadelphia that killed six people inside an adjacent store, officials announced last week. Prosecutors called Griffin Campbell “the center of culpability” for the June collapse, and …
An insurer says a contractor being sued by people injured in a Philadelphia building collapse that killed six others had an invalid insurance policy. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Berkley Assurance Co. of Iowa filed a lawsuit Monday in Philadelphia …
Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering stricter regulations on demolition projects in the wake of a building collapse in downtown Philadelphia last month that killed six people. The House Labor & Industry and the Urban Affairs committees heard testimony Tuesday on proposed …
Pennsylvania’s House Republican leaders recently agreed to hold a public hearing on legislation to better regulate the state’s demolition industry. The public hearing is expected to be held in July following passage of the state budget. The bill’s proposals include …
A veteran Philadelphia building inspector who apparently committed suicide had inspected the site of a deadly building collapse twice in February and an adjacent, related project in mid-May. The June 5 collapse killed six people when a four-story building tumbled …
