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Connecticut’s highest court in November rejected the claims of workers seeking lost wages as a result of a 2010 explosion at a power-plant under construction.

Contractor associations in Texas and Oklahoma seem to lean toward mandatory participation in the state workers' compensation system.

The Ohio Dept. of Transportation completed the state’s first slide-in bridge project on Oct. 17-18, although on a somewhat different schedule following the discovery this summer of excess camber in two precast-concrete beams.

For decades now, the word “drones” has evoked a militaristic image of pilotless aircraft, but the technology of unmanned flight has evolved and adapted to meet civilian needs.

“Safety first.” What construction manager doesn’t utter those words loudly and clearly just about every day?