Construction

May 30, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, DC — Senator Hillary Clinton is calling on the Bush Administration to issue new safety standards for cranes and derricks and questioned why the administration has failed to update these regulations.

A 2006 crane collapse: Photo by Mike Anderson (CC)

In a letter to Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke, Senator Clinton underscored that current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety standards for cranes and derricks were written in 1971, and that an OSHA advisory committee recommended updated regulations in 2004 that have yet to be put in place.    » read more »

May 23, 2008 -- SACRAMENTO -- California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a $6 million settlement with MCM Construction, resolving allegations that the company was operating diesel cranes, pile drivers, and other portable engines without the required air district pollution permits.

“The company was operating construction equipment, without the necessary permits, which is potentially very damaging to the environment,” Attorney General Brown said. “Under today’s settlement the company will obtain the necessary permits and submit the equipment to careful inspection.”    » read more »

Speaks before the Massachusetts Building and Construction Trades

April 16, 2008 -- (As Prepared for Delivery) -- Thank you so much, Frank, for that warm introduction, and I welcome all of you to Washington.

It’s a privilege and an honor to address the members of our Massachusetts Building Trades.

Building construction site, Massachusetts: Photo by Paul Keleher (CC)    » read more »

April 14 , 2008 -- Chicago – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today said that a Normal, Ill. construction company has pleaded guilty to its role in burying 55-gallon drums containing concrete sealer, hazardous waste and waste oil on property it leased in 2003.

Isaacson Construction, Inc. pleaded guilty on Thursday in McLean County Circuit Court to Reckless Disposal of Hazardous Waste and Criminal Damage to Property, both Class 4 felonies.

Waste drums: Photo by smitys (CC)    » read more »

April 14, 2008 -- SANTA BARBARA -- California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a 74-count felony indictment against a former Santa Maria-Bonita School District official and three executives from TurnKey, a Temecula-based company, for misappropriating $3.6 million in public money for schools.

A school construction site, California: Photo by Dave Piper (CC)    » read more »

Geneva, Switzerland, 6 February 2008 – The World Economic Forum, through its Engineering & Construction Community and Centre for Strategic Insight, has launched Engineering & Construction: Scenarios to 2020. This publication marks a new phase in an initiative that is based on the need for a long-term, multistakeholder, industry-wide approach to deepen insights into the future of the E&C industry.    » read more »

January 23, 2008 -- BOSTON – The joint venture of Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp., and PB Americas, Inc., f/k/a Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Inc. ("Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff”), the management consultant to the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (“the Big Dig”) has agreed to pay over $407 million to resolve its criminal and civil liabilities in connection with the collapse of part of the I-90 Connector Tunnel ceiling and defects in the slurry walls of the Tip O’Neill tunnel.    » read more »