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Early Warning Signs Can Foretell Project Pitfalls, Experts Say

October 26, 2016

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

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.

Work Re-Starts on Troubled Indiana I-69 P3

September 28, 2016

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The problems have been piling up for Section 5 of I-69 in Indiana, a segment that involves 21 miles of upgrades to existing state Highway 37 from Bloomington to Martinsville.

Construction

Editorial: We Need More, Not Fewer, Construction Work-Zone Cameras

Getting people to drive at or below the speed limit is like trying to slow down a landslide

September 27, 2016

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Driving faster than the posted limit in a highway work zone, no one enjoys the sting of a speeding ticket for $250 or higher—as it would be in, for example, Illinois—especially if you are caught on camera and not by a cop.

Editorial: Risk Management

Additional Insured Clauses Need Care

Ideas about how to stay off the legal merry-go-round

Richard Korman

September 20, 2016

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Ideas about how to stay off the legal merry-go-round.

Contractor, PennDOT Work to Reopen Fire-Damaged Bridge

Richard Korman

September 15, 2016

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General contractor Joseph B. Fay Co. and the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation said they would work around the clock to repair a bridge-truss compression cord damaged during renovation work on a bridge.

Risk Management

Indictment Details Embezzlement Charges Against City Engineer

L.A. County prosecutor provides new information about redirected cash refunds in Santa Clarita

Erin Richey

September 7, 2016

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The funds allegedly embezzled came to more than a half million dollars.

Risk Management

Africa’s Largest Steel Maker Fined for Price Fixing

Investigators find cartel practices in more than 300 construction projects

Shem Oirere

September 1, 2016

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The settlement settles pending investigations and prosecution against ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd.

Risk Management

Salini Impregilo Expects U.S. Acquisition To Cut Risk, Raise Profit Margins

Pietro Salini shifts the focus to North America

Andrew G. Wright

August 24, 2016

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One afternoon this May, a group of journalists and market analysts convened in London at the Royal Society headquarters in Carleton House to hear the CEO of Salini Impregilo unveil the Italian engineering and construction conglomerate’s strategy for the next four years.

Construction Accidents

Fire Injures Seven at Sunoco Jobsite in Texas

A flash fire broke out in a terminal in Nederland

Louise Poirier

August 24, 2016

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A flash fire on a project located at Sunoco Logistics’ Nederland Terminal in Nederland, Texas, injured seven construction workers around 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12.