Articles by Richard Korman

Arguments about prevailing wages have not changed much since the 1980s, the last time the U.S. government changed methods under the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act to determine a prevailing wage on most construction projects with federal funding.

A U.S. Defense Dept. guidance memo gives instructions on how contract cost adjustment clauses should be written in the future.

The bid atmosphere and market for contracting deteriorated as St. Louis County and the city hammered out a deal.

Context and details are everything in life, including the way construction trade wages are determined and enforced under the federal Davis-Bacon Act.

Faced with prospect of trial, insurers settle untested claims about next-door pile installation.

Many claims by victims and families were expanded to blame construction work on a neighboring building.

In a world beset by troubles, supertall buildings, which measure from 984 ft to 1,968 ft, would not seem to rate high on a list of priority concerns.

The Albany, N.Y-based company owes millions to creditors, including numerous staff and retirees.

A potentially damaging witness seeks to avoid testifying against his company's own client.

Total recordable injury rates have no connection to fatalities, according to a recent study of the statistic—and the death of laborer Mason Mack Harris may be a tragic example.