Tag: legal

May 1, 2017

The task of keeping workers safe on the job site isn’t an easy one. It requires negotiating the slew of rules and regulations in the industry and the nuances of different project types and worker personalities. All that activity means […]

May 1, 2017

Critics of charter school funding opposed the measure, arguing that they don’t have to meet the same standards that school districts do. Currently, charter schools’ construction projects must come out of pocket or rely on donations. Texas, which has several […]

April 26, 2017

NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, recently released its annual study “Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate” in which it details the development, construction, and ongoing operations of new commercial real estate in the U.S. The study shows office, […]

April 25, 2017

February’s mild weather led to a surge in early hiring for the year, which diminished March’s typical seasonal job increases, AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson said in a release. He added that only Massachusetts and Texas set March hiring records in […]

April 24, 2017

Positive feedback originates from word of mouth, and this is never truer than in the construction and trade sector. With the rise of the Federation of Master Builders (1941), the Yellow Pages (1966), the Guilds of Master Craftsman (1975) and […]

April 21, 2017

Since 2009, California legislators have passed laws to make it easier to build new football stadiums in the San Gabriel Valley, San Diego, and downtown Los Angeles, and basketball arenas in Sacramento and San Francisco. Only one, a basketball arena […]

April 19, 2017

Because people tend to spend most their time indoors, particularly in their residences, their homes and neighborhoods play key roles in their overall well-being. Poor and low-income children face developmental problems and long-term damage to their physical and mental health […]

April 12, 2017

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that the city would begin a 10-year shutdown of Rikers Island, pleasing activists who have long protested against the facility’s reputation for alleged abuse and human rights violations. That amount of space doesn’t […]

April 11, 2017

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, heard from representatives of the construction industry in a hearing entitled “Closing the Skills Gap and Boosting U.S. Competitiveness” on March 29. There are about 100,000 fewer people working in the construction […]

April 11, 2017

Florida may have been one of the states hit hardest by the Great Recession, but demand levels and market indicators have rallied to create an environment of optimism within its construction industry. Construction firms still carry lessons from the recession […]

April 10, 2017

The slowdown in construction employment growth follows a strong showing in the first two months of 2017, which notched almost 100,000 combined new jobs and set a record in February for the strongest recorded level since March 2007. After averaging […]

April 7, 2017

Whether you’re nearing the end of your college career or just thinking ahead, it’s important to decide what exactly you want to do post-grad, and how to go about obtaining your chosen job. Luckily for those interested in construction marketing, […]

April 5, 2017

The governments of both the U.S. and Canada are expressing their determination to proceed with amplified infrastructure spending programs. A related question that is often being asked is, “How much extra employment will be created?” Two approaches to an answer […]

April 5, 2017

Some of the scenarios in which the bill would allow the new sales-tax revenue to be used on toll roads is if the federal government has already authorized the highway expansion in question, if the tolls are earmarked for something […]

March 31, 2017

As Sandy Springs is banning wood-frame apartment buildings, other developers and designers are pushing wood skyscrapers — or plyscrapers — all over the world, using cross-laminated timber (CLT). In April, a liberal political party in Stockholm, Sweden commissioned Anders Berensson […]

March 31, 2017

When a massive construction project comes to town, it seems everyone scrambles to get a piece of the pie. Understandably, if public funding is at play, then the political pressure is on local officials, developers and contractors to make sure […]

March 29, 2017

Construction is a dangerous business. Working with cranes and other pieces of heavy, high-risk equipment is standard operating procedure, and one slip with the many hazardous tools like chainsaws or screw guns could result in a life-changing injury, or worse. Construction […]

March 27, 2017

Construction is a technical complex of industry practices, and laws. Construction law affects all projects; beginning with land purchase and development; laws continue to affect projects and their components, throughout actual construction, completion, leasing, occupancy, and subsequent renovation and restoration. […]

March 23, 2017

Construction claims rely upon basic legal principles for success, beginning with entitlement. While there may be entitlement but no provable damages, or damages with no provable entitlement; there can be no recovery, since both—entitlement and damages—are essential to recovery! Construction […]

March 22, 2017

What could be objectionable about a rule that includes “fair pay” and “safe workplaces” in its title? Just ask construction industry groups like the Associated General Contractors of America and the Associated Builders and Contractors, which have dubbed the Obama […]