Articles Tagged with ''construction risk management''

Risk Management

What Contractors Can Get in Soft Pollution Liability Insurance Market

Are companies taking advantage of opportunity as premiums hit low points?

Richard Korman

Scott Van Voorhis

November 2, 2016

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Pollution insurance for contractors has never been cheaper, with prices down 50% in the past five years, say brokers and contractors.

Justin Rice

October 26, 2016

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Two workers employed by a drain-cleaning contractor were trapped and drowned on Oct. 21, when a punctured main sent water flooding into a 12-ft-deep trench where they were working, according to the Boston Fire Dept.

Pittsburgh Contractor Keeps Rehab Close To Schedule After Liberty Bridge Fire

Justin Rice

October 26, 2016

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Despite a fire on Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge last month, contractor Joseph B. Fay Co. missed by only four days a milestone to open the bridge’s fourth lane to traffic.

Viewpoint: Arbitration Agreements Can Create Uncertainty in Construction Contracts

J. David Arkell

October 26, 2016

We have all heard many times that arbitration is a contractual or consensual process.

Early Warning Signs Can Foretell Project Pitfalls, Experts Say

Bruce Buckley

October 26, 2016

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Contractors face innumerable risks on projects, and although good planning can help reduce many exposures, plans can’t prevent everything.

Construction Accidents

Boston Water Main Break Floods Trench and Kills Two Workers

Details of the accident and identities of the victims remain unclear

Justin Rice

October 21, 2016

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Investigators must determine how two workers died following sudden release of water.

Disaster Preparedness

Battening Down a Marine Construction Site for Hurricane

Storm Protection Measures Yield Mixed Results When Hurricane Matthew Comes to Call

Jim Parsons

October 19, 2016

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PCL Civil Constructors made extensive preparations as Hurricane Matthew approached to secure the jobsite and equipment of its project to replace the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on the coast of North Carolina. And yet, as the storm pulled away, two 140-ft-long barges were found beached, almost 30 miles away. An NCDOT engineer provides details.

Risk Management

Judge: Designer’s One-Sentence Claim Notice Allows Insurer to Deny Coverage

Ruling Involved Addition to a Famous University of Pittsburgh Building

Scott Van Voorhis

October 17, 2016

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Insurer Lexington rejected Ballinger's last-day claim notification that lacked required information.

Natural Disasters

Two North Carolina Construction Barges Drift Far During Hurricane Matthew

Despite Measures to Secure the Site Big Vessels Get Away

Jim Parsons

Tom Sawyer

October 13, 2016

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Disasters

Hurricane Matthew's Heavy Toll Brings Lessons and Pain

October 12, 2016

Hurricane Matthew’s rampage through the Caribbean, the Bahamas and up the southeast U.S. coast tested storm and flood forecasters, utilities, contractor preparations and civil engineering works for more than 1,500 miles and, in some cases, found them wanting.

Live: July 16, 2026 at 2:00 pm EDT We'll address the current state of the construction market as we reach the halfway point of 2026. ENR invites three top forecasters asking them to share their views on the market prospects for the industry at midyear, both nationally & regionally, in the midst of these unique challenges.