Report: Healthy but Challenging Workers’ Compensation Market
By: Andrea Wells Insurance Journal East Region, Special Report, May 2, 2016 Issue “The worker’s compensation market is healthy and robust. It’s both competitive and profitable. That’s good news for business owners, the insurance industry, and injured workers.” To read full article, click on the link below. http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/features/2016/05/02/406594.htm
Disaster Preparedness: Protections Every Contractor Should Have in Place
By: Timothy Rodrigue Construction Executive Special Section: Insurance & Surety Bonding, March 2016 “Like fingerprints, no two disasters are alike. They can be natural or man-made and can strike with or without warning.” To read full article, click on the link below: http://www.nxtbook.com/ygsreprints/ABC/abc_ce_march2016/#/54
2016 Insurance Market Forecast
By: Jeff Cavignac, James Schabarum, and Patrick Casinelli Construction Executive Special Section: Insurance & Surety Bonding “The insurance industry is cyclical in nature, and business owners should pay attention because the insurance cycle directly impacts their insurance premiums”. To read full article, click the link below: http://www.nxtbook.com/ygsreprints/ABC/abc_ce_march2016/#/42
Act Now for Real Change: Transportation Funding
By: Gregory A. Kelly ENR, March 7, 2016 issue, Viewpoint “Signed into law in December, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act finally brings some predictability to funding surface transportation infrastructure, plus a modest increase in funding.” To read full article, click on the link below: http://digital.bnpmedia.com/publication/?i=292891 Page 52
Measuring Safety Excellence: Time To Set Higher Goals
By: Emmitt J. Nelson ENR Viewpoint, February 15, 2016 issue “Some contractors are stuck int he mid-1980’s when it comes to measuring and setting a standard for safety performance.” To read full article, click the link below: http://www.enr.com/articles/38787-viewpoint-time-to-set-higher-safety-goals
Predictive Analytics: The Key to Injury Prevention?
By: Jim Parsons ENR February 22/29, 2016 – Contractor Business Quarterly Winter 2016 “Some safety experts question whether bigger data and more technology can produce better safety results on the jobsite…” To read full article, click on the link below: http://digital.bnpmedia.com/publication/?i=290958
Design-Build Practices Address Water Management Issues
By: Douglas Herbst ENR February 22/29 – Special Advertising Section “The Design-Build Institute of American (DBIA) released its study titled ‘Universally Applicable Design-Build Best Practices’ in 2014, which identified practices that had two basic characteristics: 1) they were useful for any type of design-build project and 2) they would directly and positively impact project performance….” To read full article, click on the link below: http://digitaladmin.bnpmedia.com/publication/?i=290746
Leadership Commitment to New Hire and Site-Specific Orientations
By: Michael D. Bellaman and Chris Williams Construction Executive, January/February 2016 “The continuing evolution of safety in the construction industry has brought about a renewed focus on how to prevent the conditions that lead to incidents that disrupt the lives of employees and, by extension, their families and friends” To read full article, click on the link below: http://www.nxtbook.com/ygsreprints/ABC/abc_ce_janfeb16/#/18
New Jersey Gov. Signs Certificates of Insurance Bill
Insurance Journal, East Edition, January 25, 2016 By Young Ha “New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed the Certificates of Insurance Act (S-3270/A-4705) into law on Jan. 11.” For full article, click the link below: http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2016/01/11/394709.htm
OSHA Continues Frenzy of Rulemaking Activity
By Brad Sant, Transportation Builder Magazine, Sept-Oct 2015 issue “As the Obama Administration nears its final year in office, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed a string of regulations that could have wide-ranging impacts on the transportation construction industry.” To read full article, click on the link below: http://www.artba.org/news/transportation-builder/osha-2/
