Category: Legal

August 10, 2020

Builders risk is a standard form of insurance coverage that protects a building under construction or renovation from various types of damage and losses, but, like any other insurance policy, it has a number of exclusions. Typically, according to The […]

August 4, 2020

President Trump has signed legislation that will allocate $9.5 billion to trim the long list of backlogged infrastructure maintenance projects at national parks and other federal natural-resources agencies. The measure also establishes a new mechanism to pay for the upgrades. […]

August 3, 2020

Navillus Contracting, a large masonry and concrete subcontractor on major union construction projects in New York City, faces an 11-count criminal indictment for allegedly cheating union benefit funds of more than $1 million between 2011 and 2017. Company President Donal […]

July 29, 2020

An important federal infrastructure measure has moved another step forward, with the House’s approval of a bill authorizing at least $8.6 billion in federal funds for 38 new Army Corps of Engineers construction projects, including flood and storm protection, river […]

July 27, 2020

Attorneys for the neighborhood associations claim that the injunction is necessary as work is scheduled to start this month with utility relocation. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year or in early 2021. The 30 Crossing project scope of […]

July 23, 2020

Congress has passed legislation providing as much as $9.5 billion over the next five years—and a dedicated revenue stream—to chip away at the persistently large infrastructure maintenance backlog in U.S. national parks and other federal lands The bill, the Great […]

July 16, 2020

DOB, construction workers and New Yorkers are all working to make sure COVID-19 safety protocols are observed at the city’s construction sites, and actual compliance has been relatively high, said Andrew Rudansky, press secretary for DOB. “A large chunk of […]

July 14, 2020

Crane has delayed a status conference in the butterfly center’s action against We Build the Wall (WBTW), Fisher Sand and Gravel, Fisher Industries and others until an official inspection takes place. IBWC engineers have identified four areas of erosion that […]

July 10, 2020

This week, the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department disclosed information about recipients of the Paycheck Protection Program, and thousands of construction-related firms are on the list. The data shows the federal government issued $521 billion in loans, with an […]

July 2, 2020

President Donald Trump’s recent executive order directing federal government agencies to waive environmental regulations and to take other actions necessary to streamline and expedite infrastructure projects was designed to help hasten the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The order […]