Legal/Regulation: Page 113
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Feds clarify how much road work triggers disability regulations
Which projects on streets are "alterations" and which are just repairs has had contractors and local governments scratching their heads over Americans With Disabilities Act compliance.
By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 7, 2013 -
OSHA fines hit $272,000 over NYC scaffolding issues
OSHA levied fines on a general contractor and three subs, with many of the citations relating to scaffolding at a 23-story hotel project in Manhattan.
By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 6, 2013 -
OSHA violations: Failure to provide fall protection is still largest issue
Builders need to be aware of the top categories on OSHA's just-finished list of most-cited workplace violations for Fiscal Year 2013.
By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 3, 2013 -
Paperwork backlog bogs down construction in Denver
The city-county office that processes building applications in Denver is holding up millions of dollars in work that has come with the economic recovery.
By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 3, 2013 -
Government shutdown could impact FY13 construction contracts
Like so many other people who interact with the federal government, contractors have to wait and see if a lack of funds and federal workers will hamper them.
By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 1, 2013 -
State Supreme Court sides with builders for affordable housing in N.J.
The court reached a decision that has been brewing for a decade.
By Nicole Wrona • Sept. 30, 2013 -
Builders Association in Ala. adopts streamlined energy code inspections
In order to facilitate the new building codes in the Madison County area, three seperate jurisdictions will each adopt the same energy-code inspection procedures.
By Nicole Wrona • Sept. 30, 2013 -
Multiple safety violations bring six-figure fine for framing contractor in Mass.
Twin Pines Construction Inc. got on OSHA's bad side after inspectors visited two building sites in Reading and Plymouth earlier this year.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 26, 2013 -
Chicago contractor cited for second trench-safety violation
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it cited Reliable Contracting and Equipment for the same problem less than 12 months ago.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 25, 2013 -
Army Corps, EPA working on uniform (and perhaps wider) wetlands jurisdiction rules
They have sent a not-yet-public draft for Office of Management and Budget review, but the agreement may well institute a very broad definition of where the Clean Water Act applies.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 25, 2013 -
Green construction liability claims have much in common with traditional claims
An attorney says that the specific may vary, but issues over sustainable buildings are still about parties who are unhappy with what they got.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 24, 2013 -
Report: FHWA can help states use unspent Recovery Act road money from Washington
There are legal ways that the Federal Highway Administration can help states commit unspent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, according to an inspector general's report.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 24, 2013 -
Equipment dealers say 'no way' to proposed Buy America constraint
A U.S.-Canadian trade group a proposal to restrict equipment bought with federal money to American-made machines is all-around bad idea.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 22, 2013 -
An invisible skyscraper and rooftop solar: The week's most read construction news
Need to catch up on the week's construction news? Now is your chance.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 20, 2013 -
OSHA tags R.I. company for trench-safety violation
Inspectors spotted a crew from D'Ambra Construction Co. Inc. that had workers laying pipe 6 to 7 feet below ground in a trench with nothing to stabilize it, the agency said.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 18, 2013 -
Road construction through Madonna's Long Island farmland angers county
The government has half of the development rights for her horse farm, which meant that a new road was not welcome.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 17, 2013 -
Hawaii rail project to rev up, though legal challenge remains undecided
It appeared Monday that even though a federal court challenge to a rail transit system for Oahu has not been resolved, the $5.3 billion project was going to start up again.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 16, 2013 -
N.C. joins opens the door for design-build gov't contracts
The Tar Heel State has a new law that allows state and local governments to consider design-build and public-private partnerships as routes to needed construction.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 15, 2013 -
Tragedy in the Midwest and useless size: The week's most read construction news
Catch up on some important stories this week with the posts our readers read the most.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 13, 2013 -
Contractor takes manager's side in legal dispute at Savannah River project
The project at South Carolina's Savannah River nuclear site is taking the construction manager's side in a dispute with subcontractor Baker Concrete Construction.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 12, 2013 -
Report: U.S. lawyers sued Lend Lease over WTC Memorial charges
Federal documents reportedly show Lend Lease paid $1.6 million to settle charges that it filed padded time sheets for the World Trade Center Memorial project.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 11, 2013 -
OSHA asks fines on infrastructure contractor Henkels & McCoy
A site inspection in New Jersey that combined local office and national agency priorities resulted in the contractor being cited for what OSHA said were six serious violations of safety rules.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 11, 2013 -
Feds say vet hiring goals for contractors have no penalties attached
The contracting industry has been fighting back with concerns over perceived quotas.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 11, 2013 -
Home builders seem to support new energy code proposal
The Natural Resources Defense Council says it has the support from 20 of the largest U.S. home builders for a new, comprehensive energy building code.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 10, 2013 -
Florida says storm winds are blowing harder, but current design standards are OK
New data shows peak winds along the Florida coasts are running 20 to 30 mph higher, but the state says that's already factored into the design standards in the building code.
By Ron Gallagher • Sept. 9, 2013
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