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Is the Match Between a Contractor and Project Heaven-Made?

A new tool, the author writes, will help make project selection easier

Thomas C. Schleifer PhD

July 27, 2016

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There are no bad projects—just bad matches between contractors and projects.

Construction Insurance

Rulings to Send Florida Workers' Compensation Rates Up

Two court decisions spell increases in costs

Thomas F. Armistead

July 27, 2016

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Florida employers are bracing for increases as high as 20% in their workers’ compensation premium rates as a result of two recent decisions handed down by the Florida Supreme Court.

Construction Starts Drop 7% in June, Down 11% From 2015

July 27, 2016

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The dollar value of total construction starts dropped 7% in June, mostly due to a 24% monthly decline in non-building construction, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.

Construction Insurance

The Overlooked Nevada Rule In an Arena Project Lawsuit

The allegation involves Aon and a workers' compensation cap

Scott Van Voorhis

July 27, 2016

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When crunching the numbers on the construction wrap-up program for the T-Mobile Arena project outside Las Vegas, insurance broker Aon Risk Services South allegedly failed to take into account a Nevada workers’ compensation rule, one of many intricate features of the state’s workers’ compensation regulations.

Airport Odyssey Part 1 Touches Down In Chicago

Aileen Cho

July 21, 2016

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O'Hare: Taking off with construction of a new runway, and plans for hotels, more gates

Luke Abaffy

July 19, 2016

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A new application turns hard-to-manage physical documentation into a searchable cloud and mobile-enabled database to save time spent searching for operational and achieved facility management documents.

Transportation

GOP Platform Calls for Phasing Out Federal Mass-Transit Funding

Party also opposes increase in federal gasoline tax

Tom Ichniowski

July 19, 2016

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Platform also advocates winding down Highway Trust Fund funding for trails, sidewalks, ferries and other non-highway projects.

$569M South Africa Solar Plant Construction Starts

Shem Oirere

July 19, 2016

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Project is a milestone for South African effort to develop more than 13,000 MW of clean energy by 2030.

Risk Management

Crane Collapses Across Traffic Lanes at Tappan Zee Bridge Project in N.Y.

No critical injuries reported as investigators examine condition of existing bridge

Aileen Cho

July 19, 2016

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Prior accidents involved construction barges, including last March's tugboat crash in which a three-man crew drowned.

Russian Consortium Pulls Out of Uganda Refinery Project

Shem Oirere

July 19, 2016

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A consortium led by a Russian firm withdrew from leading construction of a $4-billion crude oil processing plant project in Uganda, but is open to returning to the project.

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Is the Match Between a Contractor and Project Heaven-Made?

Rulings to Send Florida Workers' Compensation Rates Up

Construction Starts Drop 7% in June, Down 11% From 2015

The Overlooked Nevada Rule In an Arena Project Lawsuit

Airport Odyssey Part 1 Touches Down In Chicago

City Increases Efficiency With New Facility Lifecycle Management Tool

GOP Platform Calls for Phasing Out Federal Mass-Transit Funding

$569M South Africa Solar Plant Construction Starts

Crane Collapses Across Traffic Lanes at Tappan Zee Bridge Project in N.Y.

Russian Consortium Pulls Out of Uganda Refinery Project

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