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The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled in 182 Tenth, LLC v. Manhattan Construction Company that lien claimants such as contractors,...
The mayor of San Jose, Calif., plans to issue new construction permits worth an estimated $1 billion in the next six months to spur job creation...
A roofing worker from Cortland County, N.Y., has been awarded $2 million in damages due to the injuries he sustained from a 60-foot fall at a...
Investigators are examining a construction crane collapse atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan due to high winds during...
A construction error is the chief suspect in the partial collapse of a parking garage at Miami-Dade College in Doral, FL.
A new European Union timber regulation prohibits the “placing on the market of illegally harvested timber or timber products derived from such...
Two Philadelphia city councilmen are trying to crack down on the "underground economy" of developers and contractors who work without licenses and...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have made available a Spanish...
AGC will hold a free webinar on sequestration and its potential impact on federal construction contractors on Nov. 7.
OSHA is investigating the collapse of a five-story concrete parking garage under construction at Miami Dade College West Campus in Doral, Fla....
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's inclusion of commercial buildings in a residential lead paint rule is being delayed until 2015.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is launching an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) pilot program for complaints filed...
A bill to extend the expired residential energy efficiency tax credit for installing qualified furnaces, boilers, central air conditioners, and...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enhanced its variances Web page to improve public understanding of the variance approval...
A New York masonry contractor is contesting an OccupationalSafety and Health Administration $136,290 fine for violations of fall-protection...
There were 721 construction-workplace deaths in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, down 6.8% from 2010.
The California Air Resources Board made changes to a rule limiting off-road diesel emissions that could result in contractors saving about $9...
The Associated General Contractors of America will continue to provide fall protection safety training next year after being awarded a federal...
The unauthorized construction of a fifth-floor penthouse on a downtown East Lansing, Mich. mixed-use development led to a partial building...
As more urban mixed-use and residential developments aim to encourage residents to walk and use mass transit, cities are addressing pedestrian...
