Legal/Regulation: Page 109
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Hilltop house loses permit as neighbors fear it destabilizes slope
The city may reconsider after the 30,000-square-foot home’s owner provides more information.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 15, 2014 -
Rules change for notifying OSHA of deaths, injuries
Construction firms and others have just 8 hours to report deaths, 24 for hospitalizations
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 15, 2014 -
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Contracts, disputes, change orders and delays can keep builders up at night. Construction Dive covers some of the top issues facing the industry.
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Experts to contractors: Keep tabs on business, personal credit reports
Data thieves apparently have started to sell information from the Home Depot breach.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 11, 2014 -
California starts work on upgrading its building energy code
The 2016 version of Title 24 will require new structures to meet Zero Net Energy goals.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 11, 2014 -
Home Depot confirms theft of credit card numbers
Contractors are not liable for unauthorized charges resulting from a malware attack on the chain’s computer network.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 9, 2014 -
Housing finance overhaul stalls in Congress
The bill would create a new government insurer and shut down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 9, 2014 -
Construction workers come forward as witnesses to Michael Brown shooting
The anonymous eyewitnesses saw part of the incident from a nearby job site.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 7, 2014 -
Supreme Court to decide whether to hear housing discrimination case
Civil rights groups fear justices will stop the practice of punishing unintentional racial bias.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 7, 2014 -
Outraged Turks protest after 10 construction workers die
Demonstrators accuse the government of murder, citing lax safety enforcement on job sites.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 7, 2014 -
Dallas could require rest periods, drinking water on job sites
The City Council is considering an ordinance after a survey showed 30% of crews get no breaks.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 4, 2014 -
Housing accounts for more of paycheck in L.A. than anywhere else in U.S.
Renters pay nearly half of their income for their apartments each month.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 4, 2014 -
Rebates, regulation concessions could revive French construction sector
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has pledged to roll back rent ceilings and offer tax rebates on land sales.
By Sharon O'Malley • Sept. 1, 2014 -
NC construction-site theft gets attention, especially at a new 'cop shop'
Outside Raleigh, N.C, police were adamant about catching a man they say took $1,000 worth of copper from a construction site.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 28, 2014 -
In Minnesota Amish country, a legal stink over a sewer system
The state has gone to court against a family who believe that certain ordinances go against their beliefs in how to build.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 28, 2014 -
Construction firms dominate OSHA severe violator list
More than half of the 75 new companies on OSHA's watch list are construction firms.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 27, 2014 -
Grand jury indicts contractor in California worker's death
In Santa Clara County, the owner and a project manager for U.S. Sino Investment Inc. were indicted for involuntary manslaughter.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 26, 2014 -
NYC contractors say safety requirements are choking project pipeline
New York City requires independent safety inspectors on construction projects, but there are not enough licensed people to go around.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 25, 2014 -
Judge stops construction of Target store in L.A.
A California judge said Target's permit to build to 74 feet high store in a 35-foot zone in Hollywood is illegal.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 21, 2014 -
Hearing offers a glimpse into downfall of Lamar Construction
Unpaid debts and not keeping track of change orders were among the bankrupt company's problems.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Contractor departs CA project with a settlement against hospital
An expansion of Tulare Regional Medical Center remains unfinished, and Harris Construction could collect up $7.9M.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 17, 2014 -
Cities are giving their zoning laws a makeover
From Miami to Freemont, CA, regulations are changing the way zoning works for city planning.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 13, 2014 -
Climate controlled offices may be getting even more efficient
A multipurpose window device created by architects with NBBJ, based in Columbus, Ohio, is intended to obviate the too-cold/too-hot complaints of workers in large buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 12, 2014 -
Virginia county may leave LEED behind as it weighs costs
It's been the rule in Loudoun County since 2008 that new county buildings have to meet LEED Silver standards, but a recent project has supervisors asking questions.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 7, 2014 -
Montgomery County Planning Commission
Survey supports claims about tight-credit effects on mortgages
Housing interests who have been saying that federal lending rules imposed after the housing crash are inhibiting the recovery got some vindication when the Federal Reserve surveyed banks.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 5, 2014 -
Feds charge steel erector with fraud for One World Trade Center work
Federal agents arrested Larry Davis, who owns DCM Erectors Inc., saying he used a minority-owned firm and a woman-owned company as fronts to quality for work performed by his firm.
By Ron Gallagher • Aug. 4, 2014
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