The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters was awarded its largest-ever backpay award by the Illinois Department of Labor in ruling that a developer and two subcontractors must pay $1.1 million for violating prevailing wage law on a senior housing project in Northbrook, Ill.

New rules, which follow an architect's death by falling debris, include more stringent—and potentially more costly—inspections.

Migration change ends free labor movement from EU nations, as of 2021, and will impact numbers of key craft trades needed for upcoming projects, execs say.