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Mood at annual IMPACT conference in Orlando was upbeat as more than 1,200 union and signatory contractors members gathered. 

There is some hope for improvement in New York state’s awful insurance coverage environment, but it’s unlikely to come from state lawmakers.

When noncompliant guardrails and covers remove caution that prevents accidents.

Contractor Hyundai Engineering Co. said it is cooperating with authorities on an investigation into the collapse.

Engineering firm agrees to $53-million settlement of lawsuit brought by Michigan Attorney General on behalf of 26,000 Flint residents over the city's water lead contamination crisis. 

The industry's percentage of Hispanic construction workers increased from 16.5% in 2000 to 34% in 2023, with drywall installation, roofing and painting among the highest representations.

Failing to follow state and federal drug testing protocols has resulted in an $8.5 million settlement in the wrongful death of construction worker fatally struck by a dump truck in St. Paul, Minn. 

A coroner's report only partly describes the accident that killed Indiana-based union carpenter Michael Knotts.

Industry firms, families mourn losses as contractor and government crews lift wreckage from American Airlines and helicopter in Potomac River, and clear debris field by Feb. 6, with initial NTSB accident report expected by March 1.

Litigation funding finds a productive source of investment in construction injuries.