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September 14,2012

One worker was killed after he and others plunged 40 feet through an unfinished upscale Brooklyn townhouse building.

September 07,2012

The Related Companies has won wage-cutting agreements with four dozen construction unions in its efforts to save money on the $15 billion...

August 30,2012

The new rule will streamline OSHA’s standards by eliminating the separate cranes and derricks standard currently used for underground and...

August 30,2012

About 7 billion more sf of commercial space is expected in the pipeline.

August 21,2012

This publication helps contractors appreciate the grounds for an alleged violation of the expected standards of business conduct and ethics, and...

August 16,2012

Construction crews racing to finish the Brooklyn Barclays Center are ignoring strict regulations to reduce noise and pollution, a new report by...

August 16,2012

Fall-protection equipment helped save the life of a worker who was cleaning the Washington state Capitol building in Olympia, after the platform...

August 09,2012

It is important for businesses to understand that an existing ramp at a building entrance may not mean that barrier removal obligations under the...

August 09,2012

Construction professionals will be able to take a wide range of mandatory and optional safety training programs online through a new collaboration...

August 02,2012

After charges filed against Bovis Lend Lease in April led to an admission of guilt and $56 million in fines for overbilling clients, federal...

August 02,2012

A Clark County, Nevada district court judge ruled that the unfinished Harmon Hotel at CityCenter, operated and half-owned by MGM Resorts, could...

July 26,2012

Green roofs and other green infrastructure would be required to capture stormwater under a draft state wastewater discharge permit from the...

July 19,2012

A San Francisco property-management company has agreed to pay a record $800,000 civil fine for hundreds of building code violations at rental...

July 12,2012

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched its 2012 Heat Illness Prevention Campaign to educate employees and their employers...

July 12,2012

A proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to increase disabled- and veteran-worker hiring...

July 05,2012

The Veterans Administration asked contractor Brasfield & Gorrie to get more workers on the job and figure out a way to get the job done faster...

July 05,2012

Administration officials significantly underestimated the cost to construction employers of proposed new hiring quotas for federal contractors,...

June 21,2012

Odebrecht Construction Inc., a Brazilian engineering and construction company, is suing the State of Florida over a new law that bans governments...

June 14,2012

A miscalculation in how prevailing wages are calculated in New York reportedly costs the state $3 billion a year in public-infrastructure projects...

June 14,2012

Business groups have asked the U.S. Department of Labor to reconsider a proposed hiring quota aimed at federal contractors...