Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

courts have never addressed a pandemic like SARS-CoV-2 (the current designation for what had been the Novel Coronavirus 2019). Moreover, an invitee cannot maintain a negligence suit merely from a showing that an injury was sustained in the defendant’s building. There was not a mature plaintiff’s bar during the 1918 Spanish flu.

Liability 293

Liability Legal Claims Insurance 293

FDR Safety

MARCH 9, 2023

1, 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) reversed an OSHA citation issued to Suncor Energy Inc. as the controlling employer for a fall protection violation. After several hours, one subcontractor employee working on the third level of the scaffold fell 25 feet, sustaining serious injuries.

Employment 156

Employment OSHA Commissioning Safety 156

Levelset

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Plumbing contractor’s insurance may help your business stay afloat if accidents or injuries occur on the job. In this respect, general liability insurance or workers’ compensation could help cover those costs if an incident should occur. . Worker injury. The average cost for a workers comp claim in 2019-20 was $41,353.

Insurance 52

Insurance Liability Injury Compensation 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 4, 2022

In 2019, BAM opened Europe’s first concrete printing centre in the Netherland. Because construction would be more programmable and automated, worker injuries and fatalities would likely decrease if 3D printing was incorporated onto the jobsite. Reduce human error. The Challenges of 3D Printing in Construction. Quality control.

Construction 105

Construction Concrete Innovation Regulation 105