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How Hurricane Katrina Changed Thinking on Risk and Resilience

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

August 28, 2020

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Fifteen years after the storm hit, its lessons are still being applied.

More technology means more connectivity risk for contractors

Dangers Lurk in Union of Construction, Emerging Technology

Adrian Pellen

December 5, 2018

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As the current pipeline of infrastructure projects becomes larger and ever more complex, contractors are making increasingly risky bets that projects will be delivered on time and on budget. In the last year alone, we've witnessed two global contractors either file for creditor protection or go into liquidation.

Massachusetts Hires Independent Firm to Evaluate Gas Distribution System

Texas-based Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc. will spend up to 120 days examining the system

Justin Rice

November 1, 2018

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The Massachusetts Dept. of Public Utilities selected Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc. to analyze the gas state's entire gas distribution system.

Construction Insurance

The Overlooked Nevada Rule In an Arena Project Lawsuit

The allegation involves Aon and a workers' compensation cap

Scott Van Voorhis

July 27, 2016

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When crunching the numbers on the construction wrap-up program for the T-Mobile Arena project outside Las Vegas, insurance broker Aon Risk Services South allegedly failed to take into account a Nevada workers’ compensation rule, one of many intricate features of the state’s workers’ compensation regulations.

NASA Offers Risk-Management Tools for Offshore Oil Drilling

March 23, 2016

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will help the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to analyze and reduce risks for offshore oil-and-gas operations under a memorandum of understanding signed on March 17.

Subcontractors Report Longer Payment Delays

Scott Van Voorhis

Richard Korman

February 29, 2016

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Surveyed subcontractors say that while most payments are running on time, the delayed ones are taking longer than ever to collect.

CH2M Hill Reaches Pact with Texas Authority Over Toll Lane Job

Richard Korman

February 23, 2016

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The two parties agree to settle differences about toll lane additions in Austin through a dispute review process.

Disputed Design-Build Study Raises Questions About Costs

Richard Korman

January 26, 2016

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A study based on over 400 project records points out the delivery method's strength in completing projects, but with a disputed catch about budgets.

Trends for Construction Planners and Schedulers to Watch in 2016

Risk is up, earned-value management down and other observations.

Fredric L. Plotnick

December 24, 2015

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What planners and schedulers for the construction industry should be thinking about.

Law and Risk Mitigation

Fredric L. Plotnick

October 26, 2015

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The ENR print edition of 10/12/15 included an article Law & Risk Mitigation IIwhich touches upon several of the issues raised in this blog. One key point in our posts on Law relates to control – authority and responsibility are linked – and perhaps no matter what the contract documents may say to the contrary.