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NYC building inspectors crack down on large construction sites

After three recent construction worker deaths, the Department of Buildings is visiting thousands of jobsites across the city.

Pensacola Bay Bridge reopens as repair work winds down

The state is withholding $35,000 per day from Skanska USA Civil Southeast's payments until all four lanes of the bridge are open.

UPDATED: June 3, 2021 at 8:59 a.m.

Report: COVID-19 cost NYC construction industry $9.8 billion

A new analysis also claims that New York City's construction sector lost 74,000 in direct and indirect jobs due to the pandemic.

Baltimore contractor pilots low-carbon concrete product

The new concrete formulation is designed to cut the material's embodied carbon by 40% compared to ordinary Portland cement-based concrete, the maker says.

Q&A

ConTech Conversations: SDSU professor says robots 'not close' to replacing human workers

Reza Akhavian spoke with Construction Dive on the role construction robotics can play on a jobsite, including how they can benefit women in construction.

$27K reward offered in bizarre attacks on warehouse construction site

Dead raccoons were left on the construction trailer steps while security cameras were riddled with bullets on a jobsite near Kansas City. 

DPR employees remember co-founder Doug Woods

Woods, who helped create the construction company in 1990, died last month at the age of 70.

Why lumber prices are spiking

 An economist expects the labor part of the sawmill problem to start resolving itself later this year, but said prices will remain high into 2022.

Amazon jobsite noose incidents highlight the challenges contractors face in combating racism

After shutting down its Connecticut project a second time when an eighth noose-like rope was found, Amazon said it is assessing its GC's performance.

EEOC greenlights coronavirus vaccine requirements, incentives — with some limits

The long-awaited document may answer some of the questions employers have long had regarding the vaccine, but other areas may be less certain.

Amazon jobsite shut down for second time due to noose

The Connecticut project was closed for part of last week as well due to the discovery of several ropes shaped like nooses.

UPDATED: May 27, 2021 at 9:30 a.m.

FEMA resilience program funding to increase

The Biden administration's $1 billion injection for the nascent Pre-Disaster Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program comes as national leaders aim to shift disaster spending from reactive to proactive.

RC Andersen takes steps to address nooses on Amazon jobsite

In an exclusive interview, the vice president of the New Jersey-based contractor told Construction Dive how the firm is handling racist incidents that have thrust it into the international spotlight.

Opinion

7 fundamentals of a no-nonsense toolbox talk

An insurance expert offers tips on how to deliver a valuable jobsite safety presentation in less than 15 minutes.

OSHA changes course on vaccine recording requirements

In a 180-degree shift in policy, OSHA said that employers do not need to record adverse reactions from COVID-19 vaccines.

City officials consider $2B overhaul of Cleveland airport

The plan for the aging facility calls for the renovation of some concourses and the rebuilding of others.

Opinion

Delay provided perfect timing for Procore's $635M IPO

Stalled by the pandemic, the construction management software firm’s recent initial public offering positions it to take advantage of several positive market factors this year.

UK contractors form group to combat cyber threats in construction JVs

A string of major cyberattacks has hit the country's building sector in the past 18 months.

The Dotted Line: The difference between public and private projects when it comes to resolving payment issues

Contractors that are new to public work will find they need a different approach to resolve project payment disputes, according to attorneys.

Q&A

Going hybrid? Get a remote work policy, attorney says

"If an employer doesn't have a remote work policy in the handbook already, or even as a stand-alone policy, they need to add that immediately."

Judge dismisses COVID-19 lawsuit from contractor's wife

The federal judge said an employer does not have the same duty to protect family members from COVID-19 as it does its employees on the job. 

22 states to end federal COVID-19 unemployment benefits

States are cutting off pandemic benefits, and some are offering bonuses in hopes that their unemployed residents will head back to work.

Clayco announces West Coast expansion

The contractor's new office will provide a home base for executives recently hired from other construction firms including Swinerton, McCarthy and Gilbane.

Whole Foods to open 43 stores with 11 in California

The Amazon-owned grocer is planning several new locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles, along with three each in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Balfour Beatty shareholders oppose lack of board diversity

After acknowledging it hasn't met its own diversity goals for women, the U.K.-based contractor named another man as its incoming chairman.