Viewpoint What Chief Risk Officers Do For Construction Those in the position now are responsible for a broadening range of issues Chris Smith December 26, 2024 No Comments A commentary about how the measures of risk management success have broadened Read More
Contractor Suffolk's Hospital Project Is on Critical List After Steward Health Care Bankruptcy The future of the Massachusetts project now is uncertain Richard Korman December 17, 2024 No Comments Landlord is tangling with an insurer and with Massachusetts hospital licensing officials.Read More
Education Schooling Student Engineers in Safety Science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology Janice L. Tuchman December 10, 2024 No Comments The class is part of a widening recognition of the importance of more closely aligning design engineering with construction jobsite safety.Read More
With Trump's Tariff Talk, Time to Negotiate for Escalation Clauses in Construction Contracts Attorney Ken Rubinstein says contractors should anticipate possible material prices spikes again Richard Korman December 3, 2024 No Comments Will sudden material price hikes bring back the inflation of the bummer summer of 2021?Read More
Investigations NIST Transfers Champlain Towers Collapse Evidence to Local Police, Aims for Draft Report in 2026 Derek Lacey November 22, 2024 No Comments Review, measurement and testing of critical building evidence have been completed, allowing for the return of evidence custody to local police. Read More
US vs Canada: Which Country Is Riskier for Construction? Richard Korman November 20, 2024 No Comments One country stumbles differently than another, a recent study has found.Read More
Clean Power Development New UK Regime Starts Government-Owned Clean Energy Project Firm Peter Reina July 25, 2024 No Comments Labor PM Keir Starmer's government formed Great British Energy to undertake early project work to reduce private sector developer risk and boost technologies such as carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and wave and tidal energy.Read More
Risk FEMA Strengthens Risk Mandates Rebuilding Flood-Prone Communities Pam McFarland July 16, 2024 No Comments Agency publishes updated flood standard requiring project participants who rebuild after disaster to consider future flood risks. Read More
Unpaid Contractors Sue as Partly Renovated San Francisco Office Building Is Sold Richard Korman January 11, 2024 No Comments Developer is using ploys to avoid paying, contractor claims.Read More
Developer Halts 'Co-Living' Building Projects in Houston, Tampa and Phoenix Richard Korman January 4, 2024 No Comments Clayco has filed a $235,000 lien against a mixed-use, high-rise project property known as X Phoenix.Read More