Emergency Preparedness

By Christopher Scott D’Angelo OSHA sums emergency preparedness as follows: Emergencies and disasters can strike anywhere and at any time bringing workplace injuries and illnesses...

When to Stop Digging

In its recent “DIRT Report,” the Common Ground Alliance featured an interactive tool that showed sobering year-to-year statistics on the frequency of underground utility...
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Essential Construction Contract Terms

The importance of a well-crafted construction contract cannot be overstated. As Murphy’s Law states, if something can go wrong, it will. The best way...
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Why You Need Texas Star Alliance on Your Construction Team

Texas Star Alliance (TSA) understands relationships matter. Based in Austin, TSA is a boutique public affairs firm, backed by a trusted reputation and a...

Vicarious Liability for Sexual Harassment

It should come as no surprise that the brand of humor enjoyed by workers on many construction sites is not for the faint of...

Tips to Help Navigate Insurance on Projects

By Aman Kahlon In the modern era, most construction contracts incorporate insurance requirements as a primary means to address the risk of unexpected occurrences that...
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OSHA AND WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

Mitigate Risk: Effective Strategies for Employers By Justin Kaplan, Esq. “Hey, how you doing?” engineer Joseph Scott asked coworker and fellow engineer DeWayne Craddock in the...

Business Retooling

By Danielle Waltz and Alexis Hailpern Although deemed an “essential business” by many states, the construction industry is evolving in conjunction with a pandemic and...

Consider a Red Team

Contractors seek out projects, bid and bargain for them, and once awarded, staff and manage them, close them out, then repeat the process. What...

OSHA’s Silica Rule is Here: Are You Ready?

On March 25, 2016, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) published its long-awaited final rule (606 pgs) establishing a stand-alone standard governing occupational...