New Orleans Terror Attack Lawsuit Targets Engineer Mott MacDonald, Contractor and City Richard Korman January 15, 2025 No Comments How were security measures evaluated prior to the truck attack?Read More
Lawsuits Surprising $1 Damage Award Pushes Boldt v Black & Veatch Into Overtime The legal dispute concerns the 150-MW Cardinal Point onshore wind energy project in Illinois Richard Korman January 7, 2025 No Comments What's bringing the two sides back to court again on Jan. 23?Read More
Court Upholds $68M Jury Award Over 2021 Fatal Fall in Philadelphia A Belarus immigrant died at Philadelphia developer's project Richard Korman January 3, 2025 No Comments The jury assigned fault to several companies connected to the developer.Read More
Underwater Construction OSHA: Diver Death Could Have Been Prevented by Fitness Test Richard Korman December 30, 2024 No Comments The unidentified worker's employer, Coastal Gunite Construction, may contest the proposed penalty.Read More
Steel Sub That Sued Whiting-Turner Says Payment Deal Is Close Fabricator United Steel claimed it has waited over a year for final payment Richard Korman December 20, 2024 No Comments A fabricator has sought $757,000 from the construction manager related to work on a Maine shipyard project.Read More
Book Review Jacobs' Role in a Huge Coal Ash Cleanup and the Workers' Quest for Justice The engineering giant has long denied culpability for worker illnesses stemming from the 2008 powerplant site disaster in Tennessee Richard Korman December 18, 2024 No Comments A review of a new book and its allegations related to the firm's safety activity on the project.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
Update The History Books Never Really Close on Construction Richard Korman December 13, 2024 One Comment One thing that jumps out at me from reading ENR’s yearlong series celebrating our 150th anniversary is the perspective it affords us about construction and journalism.Read More
Immigrants' Legal Status Eyed Over Roles in New York Fake Injury Lawsuits Richard Korman December 13, 2024 One Comment Two insurers push back against a growing number of negligence lawsuits.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