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Construction Accidents

Safety Study Suggests Roofers Will Boost Risk-Taking With More Protection in Place

Richard Korman

April 13, 2021

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An innovative mixed-reality research project confirms a worker-safety paradox.

Prevention through Design

When the Construction Project Team Made 122 Design Changes in the Name of Safety

Richard Korman

Scott Van Voorhis

March 25, 2021

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A drug company’s new building may indicate growing support for design-phase hazard mitigation

Jobsite Fatalities

UPDATE: Laborer Jamie Fitzgerald, Killed in Dec. 9 Ohio Plant Collapse, is Recovered on Jan. 9

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

December 21, 2020

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At power plant demolition site where Fitzgerald and another worker died, contractor Adamo Group also imploded a 900-ft stack it says posed a site hazard.

Construction Accidents

Kiewit, Two Ex-Managers' Canada Fatality Criminal Trial Set for Sept. 2021

Scott Van Voorhis

September 22, 2020

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Trial stems from 2009 death of field employee in British Columbia hydro project rockfall accident; ex-manager's US extradition hearing is Nov. 10

Judge Rejects FIGG's Motion to Halt 10-Year Debarment

Scott Judy

Richard Korman

August 18, 2020

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The Florida-based bridge engineering specialist faces a 10-year debarment from projects involving federal funds.

Safety

AGC Survey Says Crashes on Highway Sites Still Common

Two-thirds of contractors report at least one work zone vehicle crash last year

Jeff Yoders

June 30, 2020

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AGC-HCSS survey finds COVID-19 appears to have improved work zone safety, due to fewer vehicles on the road.

US Reaches $68 Million Settlement of Korea Base Construction Fraud

Debra K. Rubin

June 17, 2020

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South Korea's SK Engineering and Construction bribed officials, then obstructed probe linked to contracts for $11 billion U.S. base south of Seoul, says Justice Dept.