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Risk Management

How to Control Potential Construction Surety Claims

Why surety manager Monica Donatelli keeps the line open to Crossland Construction's Maurice Harley

Richard Korman

May 2, 2017

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What a surety bond producer and big contractor do to keep a lid on claims trouble.

Viewpoint: The American Energy Infrastructure

What Went Wrong on the Westinghouse Nuclear Projects

The data missing in ENR's coverage is key to how to fix nuclear power plant work

Edward Shyloski

May 1, 2017

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Why is no one discussing the real reason these Westinghouse projects are so far over budget and delayed?

Legal Risks of Using Automated Drones in Construction

Guest column by Matt Richards and Aldo Ibarra

April 27, 2017

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What are the implications and liability exposure for using or relying on data gathered by an automated drone in a construction project? This fast-paced technology evolution could leave existing law behind and force courts to rely on outdated precedents to resolve disputes involving drone technology.

Alaska Seeks FERC Approval On $40-Billion Gas Project

April 26, 2017

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Facility would move stranded natural gas to Asian markets.

New York Denies Natural-Gas Line Permit After Protests

April 26, 2017

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The New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation on April 7 denied National Fuel Gas Co. a permit for a natural-gas pipeline.

Construction Accidents

Safety Data: Noon Presents the Hour of Greatest Danger

New AGC report provides a revised view of the most potentially lethal time of day

Richard Korman

April 18, 2017

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What surprises were discovered in the Associated General Contractors' fatality research report?

Construction Accidents

Survey: Workers Intentionally Take 'Calculated' Safety Risks

Departing from company rules and procedures is common, results show

Scott Van Voorhis

April 17, 2017

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What remains to be learned is exactly why workers do it so often.

Bidders Shortlisted as Oroville Dam Work Schedule is Set

JT Long

April 12, 2017

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In a race to fix the damaged Oroville Dam’s main spillway by November, California Dept. of Water Resources, the operator of the country’s tallest dam, is going to bid with a 65%-complete design that breaks recovery efforts into three parts, with an ultimate goal of doubling the main spillway’s release