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Construction Risk Managment

OSHA 'Severe Violators' Cases Grow Steadily in Early 2016

Some firms already in the program are established building construction or highway construction contractors.

Scott Van Voorhis

Richard Korman

May 25, 2016

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About 60% of the 520 or so companies that OSHA has placed in the program since 2010 are construction-related.

Construction Risk Management

Financial Climate Change Hits Abengoa, SunEdison

Debt and government subsidies added up to financial disaster at firms with talent for renewable energy

May 25, 2016

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Energy innovation has been the stage on which many a financial farce has been performed.

Construction Risk Managment

Some Sureties Cut Subcontractor Default Claim Response Time

Prime contractors seek faster replies to claims on performance-related surety bonds

Richard Korman

May 19, 2016

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Prime contractors seek faster replies to claims on performance-related surety bonds.

TVA Entertains Options to Reuse Alabama Mothballed Nuke Site

Mary B. Powers

May 11, 2016

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The Tennessee Valley Authority ended the possibility of completing two partially built nuclear units in Alabama on May 5, when its board voted to declare as surplus and for sale the 1,600-acre Bellefonte site.

Flood Insurance

A Step Toward Disaster-Recovery Sanity

Congress can open the door to private flood insurance

May 11, 2016

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The U.S. House of Representatives edged U.S. flood insurance policy—and with it, risk financing needed to rebuild after losses from flooding—closer to rationality with a unanimous vote April 28.

Construction Risk Management

Surety Bond Claims on Abengoa Could Hit $200 Million

A court ruling leaves less room for Liberty Mutual, Zurich and others to recoup surety bond claims

Richard Korman

May 6, 2016

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Most of the potential loss involves an electrical power plant in Oregon.

Construction Risk Management

Orascom Records Loss Tied to Iowa Project Cost Overruns

The contractor and a major subcontractor are contesting contract cost overruns in court

Richard Korman

May 6, 2016

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The contractor and a major subcontractor are waging a construction contract dispute in federal court

Business

Global Study Points to Needed Construction Productivity Boosts

Peter Reina

May 5, 2016

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"Meager" advances could be improved with more digital collaboration and an end to corruption, says new World Economic Forum report.

Texas Takes Aim at Coastal Risks

Mary B. Powers

May 4, 2016

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Hurricane Ike's devastation in 2008 to vulnerable Texas coastal areas, $29 billion in damage and a lingering economic drain of $142 billion, was the wake-up call for a defensive solution.