The top OSHA violations of Q4 2021

This past quarter saw repeat offenders and fines that eclipsed $400,000, and incidents that included a worker electrocution and fall in West Virginia.

By Matthew Thibault • Feb. 1, 2022

The most important action you can take to make project teams safer in 2022

Need to make your business smarter and workforce safer? It's time for EHS management software.

Jan. 31, 2022

Senators raise questions about Balfour Beatty's military housing management

The legislators want the Defense Department to address how a recent settlement will affect the developer’s contracts at 55 U.S. military installations.

By Leslie Shaver • Jan. 28, 2022

Construction firm sues Tyson Foods for lack of payment

Kentucky-based Gray Construction filed a $3.5 million federal lawsuit claiming the food giant hasn't fully paid it for a poultry plant in Tennessee.

By Sebastian Obando • Jan. 26, 2022

OSHA pulls temporary vaccine rule, says permanent mandate is in the works

The agency also asked the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss challenges to the emergency temporary standard as moot.

By Kate Tornone • Jan. 26, 2022

The Dotted Line: COVID-19 force majeure clauses are losing their punch

Two years into the pandemic, owners are pushing back against contracts and bids that cite COVID-19 as an excusable delay.  

By Joe Bousquin • Jan. 25, 2022

Granite fined $36K for asphalt plant emissions

Washington state levied the penalty after finding the firm wasn't using the required emissions control equipment for a second time. 

By Joe Bousquin • Jan. 18, 2022

Texas developer settles military housing fraud claim for $500K

Hunt Military Communities submitted false information to the Air Force in order to receive higher performance incentive payouts, according to the Department of Justice.

By Leslie Shaver • Jan. 18, 2022

Supreme Court blocks OSHA vaccine mandate for large employers

The ABC cheered yesterday's decision while a national worker safety group called it "deeply flawed."

By Ryan Golden • Jan. 14, 2022

Report: New York City's MTA must improve construction project record keeping

Some of the transit agency's construction jobs had an abysmal record retention rate, with one as low as 21%, according to its inspector general.

By Matthew Thibault • Jan. 12, 2022

Despite new federal ruling, Alabama proceeds with plans to build prisons with COVID-19 relief funds

The Treasury Department's ruling said that American Rescue Plan funds generally may not be used to build prisons.

By Matthew Thibault • Jan. 12, 2022

7 things we know (so far) about the infrastructure act

While much of the spending package is still coming into focus, there’s a lot that construction leaders can start planning for.

By Julie Strupp • Jan. 11, 2022

How higher rents, rising values will drive multifamily construction in 2022

Experts predict the factors that will influence apartment development this year.

By Leslie Shaver • Jan. 11, 2022

Balfour Beatty Communities pleads guilty, fined $65 million for defrauding U.S. military

Company employees manipulated data related to maintenance and resident satisfaction in military housing to earn millions in undue bonus fees.

By Leslie Shaver • Jan. 10, 2022

Supreme Court vaccine mandate decision could come within days

The high court is set to hear oral arguments today on OSHA's vaccine-or-test requirement, currently under a stay. 

By Mary Salmonsen • Jan. 7, 2022

Skanska appeals ruling in Pensacola Bay Bridge case

After being found negligent, the contractor has asked for a new trial and additional findings of fact in the case.

By Joe Bousquin • Updated Jan. 28, 2022

Construction restarts on Miami's deepest parking garage

Residents at a neighboring property had expressed concern about construction causing soil erosion, cracks in concrete and ground movement.

By Leslie Shaver • Dec. 23, 2021

Supreme Court to hear arguments on vaccine mandates for employers

The news represents a course of action from the high court that is "unheard of," one attorney wrote.

By Ryan Golden • Dec. 23, 2021

DHS to perform repairs on portions of border wall

The existing border wall structure has safety issues that the Department of Homeland Security wants to address.

By Matthew Thibault • Dec. 22, 2021

ASCE releases world's first tornado safety building standard

Designed for critical infrastructure such as fire departments and hospitals, the new standards offer ways to protect a building from a majority of twisters.

By Matthew Thibault • Dec. 21, 2021

The Dotted Line: In 2021, construction was all about navigating the fine print

From "excusable" delays for supply chain issues to navigating vaccine mandates, construction leaders had to carefully read through contracts to account for the year's challenges.

By Joe Bousquin • Dec. 21, 2021

Construction employers work to keep the peace in the great vaccine debate

As tensions flare over inoculations and with OSHA's mandate back on, contractors are using various approaches to minimize workplace conflicts.

By Joe Bousquin • Dec. 20, 2021

Protests, politicians and pushback: Some of the year's most contentious construction projects

From a pipeline to a stadium to a highway, these six major builds have sparked fierce opposition.

By Matthew Thibault • Dec. 20, 2021

One Federal Decision will save time, money in infrastructure permitting

The IIJA has reinstated the streamlined environmental review process for major infrastructure projects, first established in a Trump-era executive order.

By Mary Salmonsen • Dec. 15, 2021

Fluor prevails in layoff notices lawsuit

Michael Kennedy, general counsel of the AGC, said the case is part of a bigger trend of plaintiffs trying to hold one contractor liable for another's practices.

By Leslie Shaver • Dec. 14, 2021