ConDig (15-Feb–22). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined an employer $624,777 for his involvement in a double fatality at a downtown Boston worksite in February last year. Laurence Moloney and his successor…
ConDig (04-Feb-22) US construction industry leaders have blasted a decision by president Biden to impose labor agreements on many federal construction projects. The Associated General Contractors of America slammed the executive order as “needless” and…
ConDig (25-Jan-22) A decision by the Supreme Court to slap down President Biden’s emergency vaccine mandate for firms that employ 100 or more people will help ease labor shortages currently gripping the US construction industry,…
ConDig (10-Jan–21). Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has driven off with a $1.09 billion contract for the Portal North Bridge replacement scheme in New Jersey. The contractor said it had signed the deal with NJ…
ConDig (21-Dec–21). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Leawood, Kansas-based contractor $223,329 for exposing workers to asbestos and other workplace hazards. The agency cited Compass Resources LLC for failing to follow…
ConDig (14-Dec-21). Swedish developer and contractor Skanska has spun off its office building Two Drydock in Boston for $234.5 million. The company said the deal will be logged by Skanska USA Commercial Development in the fourth quarter of this…
ConDig (07-Dec–21). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Queens, New York, contractor $374,603 for failure to provide and ensure the use of effective fall protection safeguards. The agency said Richmond Construction…
ConDig (30-Nov–21) Dallas, Texas-based construction and infrastructure company Primoris Services Corp has secured two heavy civil contracts from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for a combined value of $520 million. Under the first…
ConDig (15-Nov-21) Leaders of the US construction industry have filed a petition in an appeals court to challenge the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), the…
ConDig (12-Nov-21) The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has lodged a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the 11th Circuit against the the government’s planned rollout of a vaccine mandate. Under the…