Category: Legal

June 2, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 1 that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters must defend itself in court over allegations that a 2017 drivers strike in Washington state damaged a concrete supplier when trucks were left with full loads as […]

May 18, 2023

Aviral video shows a reportedly abandoned Florida jobsite. Local experts say immigrants who are not authorized to work in the U.S. have fled the state out of fear of deportation. They’re reportedly moving in response to a new law signed […]

May 15, 2023

Prosecutors lost a tool to go after illegal bid rigging following the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 11 opinion that overturned the conviction of upstate New York former contractor Louis Ciminelli for allegedly helping to structure requests for proposals for projects […]

May 1, 2023

After Berkeley, California, became the nation’s first city to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings in 2019, dozens of local governments followed suit, including New York City in 2021. At the state level, Washington state and California have encouraged […]

April 27, 2023

As part of the investigation, the DOI executed a search warrant at Moore’s workplace, discovering computers, a card printer and counterfeit cards used to indicate that a worker has completed required safety courses approved by OSHA or Site Safety Training […]

April 19, 2023

Three contractors have been indicted in a 2019 collapse at a Bronx, N.Y., construction site where a worker was crushed to death by 1,000 pounds of debris. A fourth man is charged with fraud for disregarding safety codes. The Bronx […]

April 18, 2023

Candice Fields, Miller’s attorney in the case, did not immediately respond to Construction Dive’s request for comment. “This sentence sends a strong message that criminals who corrupt the competitive bidding process will face stern consequences,” said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan […]

April 17, 2023

Defendants in the case include: Augustin Adesanmi, owner of Favored Design and Construction. He is charged with second degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and second degree grand larceny. Akhlak Choudhary, owner of Pioneer General Construction, general contractor on the project. […]

March 14, 2023

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women, Black and Asian workers are underrepresented in construction, while White workers make up a significantly higher portion of employees compared to the broader workforce. In May 2022, EEOC held a hearing to […]

February 27, 2023

With the comment period just ended for a U.S. government proposal to require climate-change impact reporting for federal contractors, responses were predictably polar from business trade groups and environmental advocates—but a few were unexpected. The rule was proposed last November […]

February 10, 2023

The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division enforces the FLSA. The law sets standards for minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping and youth employment. However, many states also have minimum wage laws, and employers must pay workers according to which standard is higher. […]

February 8, 2023

A New Jersey contractor and its principal recently pleaded guilty to federal charges of willfully violating OSHA regulations over the 2017 death of a worker at a Poughkeepsie, N.Y. construction site. Prosecutors say the company’s operations manager ignored an engineer’s […]

February 7, 2023

A former employee for a Massachusetts contractor leading the largest design-build project in the Rhode Island Dept. of Transportation’s history pleaded not guilty in Providence County Superior Court on Feb. 7 to illegally dumping toxic fill at the Providence-area jobsite. […]

February 7, 2023

The suit, filed in New York Supreme Court for Albany County, alleges that Rosenblum’s and AJS Masonry’s conduct was “so extreme and outrageous as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.” Filed […]

February 7, 2023

The bank would help finance work such as transportation projects, ports, electric grid security and broadband connectivity, according to the release. The bill also allows for broad discretion by the bank to invest in any infrastructure projects that it identifies […]

February 7, 2023

A Chicago-based contractor has been handed a $400,000 penalty for alleged violations of federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting regulations known as the RRP rule. The penalty is part of a settlement announced Jan. 30 between the U.S. Environmental Protection […]

January 31, 2023

New Jersey enacts legislation that offers a financial performance bonus for concrete producers who provide low embodied-carbon products for state projeNew Jersey’s new financial performance bonus for concrete producers that provide low embodied-carbon products for state projects is believed to […]

January 26, 2023

The owner of a Vail, Colorado construction company facing felony manslaughter charges has surrendered to local law enforcement after the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in Breckenridge, Colorado, issued an arrest warrant on Jan. 24, 2023, related to the findings of […]

January 24, 2023

The average annual employee turnover rate for the construction industry is 68%, according to data issued by job search site Zippia, more than 10 percentage points higher than the national average of 57.3%. Why does that matter? With new employees […]

January 23, 2023

The move provides local governments with several avenues to speed up the construction permitting process, according to the release. For instance, the law also includes a more streamlined bidding process to contract with private inspection agencies or enter into shared […]