ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

More than half of insurers surveyed in new study by broker Ames & Gough report claim severity was worse in 2021 than the prior year, with half saying they raised premiums 6% to more than 10%.

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Insurance Claims Design 79

Levelset

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Insurance is one part of a strategy to keep your carpentry business financially healthy. To minimize any financial damage, a comprehensive carpenter’s insurance plan is a smart bet. . What is carpenter insurance? Does a carpenter need insurance? Insurance serves another purpose.

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Levelset

JUNE 3, 2022

Project loss insurance has the potential to save contractors from devastating project losses, no matter the cause. Project loss insurance, or PLI, is designed to mitigate catastrophic construction project losses. Project loss insurance coverage. How project loss insurance works.

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Insurance Cash Flow Claims Contractors 52

ENR Construction

MARCH 6, 2024

A survey by broker Ames & Gough notes planned increases for the third consecutive year.

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Levelset

AUGUST 26, 2022

When working in construction, your insurance policy gets issued as a fairly standard contract. Like a basic construction agreement, you can upgrade or downgrade your insurance policy just as a customer might do with the fit and finish of a building. What is an insurance endorsement? How insurance endorsements work.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Your base insurance policy may offer some coverage for unexpected damage to some business property, but making assumptions about the extent of coverage could lead to some financial distress. . An equipment floater offers insurance protection for your business property as it moves from location to location. What is an equipment floater?

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Levelset

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Scenarios like these stress the need for an electrician to have insurance coverage in place. Thus, a strong insurance plan helps you rest easier both on and off the job. Why can an electrical contractor use insurance? Insurance policies can help your business cover the costs of both minor and major incidents.

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Insurance Liability Electrical Accidents 52

Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Design and construction services on projects are more integrated now than ever before. As construction and design firms are using BIM software and other resources to improve construction efficiency, that integration is only going to increase.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

HVAC contractor insurance is the primary way to help protect your financial interest if things go wrong on the job. This contractor’s insurance solution is typically the most cost-effective means to secure coverage and give you peace of mind. What is HVAC contractor insurance? Who needs HVAC insurance?

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BD+C

JANUARY 27, 2021

AECOM is suing Zurich American Insurance alleging that the carrier’s “all-risk” policies should include claims for losses due to the impact of COVID-19. The design firm alleges that Zurich refused to pay coronavirus-related claims when such coverage was not specifically excluded in AECOM's “all-risk” property insurance policies.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 15, 2023

An insurer claims manager told a risk conference audience four years ago that “in case you’ve been on another planet, there have been hundreds of design-build lawsuits.”

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 26, 2017

In today’s construction environment, contractors are increasingly required to engage in alternative delivery methods, such as design/build and public-private partnerships, in order to stay competitive, innovative and client-serving.

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Insurance Innovation Environment Contractors 136

Best Practices Construction Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Reading and understanding an insurance policy on a construction project can be a lot like understanding my kids playing Speak Out. Proper insurance coverage is an important risk management tool for contractors, subcontractors, project owners/developers and design professionals. Nautilus Insurance Co. ,

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Insurance Subcontracting Injury Construction 54

BD+C

AUGUST 17, 2023

How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel 0 qpurcell Thu, 08/17/2023 - 09:52 Adaptive Reuse Gresham Smith demonstrates the opportunities of adaptive reuse, specifically reusing empty big-box retail and malls, many of which sit unused or underutilized across the country.

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Design Retail Tampa Zoning 98

Levelset

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to protecting your contracting business from claims and lawsuits, it can be tough to know what type of insurance you should purchase. Liability insurance protects your business against claims for damages caused by you and your workers, if you have any. What are general liability and professional liability insurance?

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Liability Insurance Claims Legal 52

Construction Enquirer

JUNE 21, 2023

And the contractor vowed to go after “designers, fire engineers, supply chain and insurers” to reclaim a “substantial portion” of the £62m it has set aside for building safety and cladding retrofits. The cost of complying with the Building Safety Act has blown a hole in the latest accounts from Willmott Dixon.

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Safety Insurance Accounting Regulation 82

BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Structural Engineering Insurance Engineering Guidelines 98

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Worries about legal liability have long dogged the sustainable building movement, but insurance expert Karen Erger (Locton Companies) and attorney Eric Singer (Ice Miller LLP) say sustainability lawsuits are caused by the same types of issues that have always prompted clients to sue AEC firms.

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Construction Enquirer

AUGUST 28, 2023

The sale was designed to raise funds for creditors after Ilke went under owing £320m. “The administrators are now working with insurers and all related parties to minimise any losses incurred.” Machinery and equipment has been stolen from the North Yorkshire factory of collapsed modular house builder ilke Homes.

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Insurance Bidding Equipment Housing 110

Wolgast Corporation

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

These include permits, insurance, taxes, supervision, equipment freight, taxes, etc. During competitive bidding that is typical of Design-Build Construction, the bidders are eager to get a large project because of the work load/efficiencies it will offer their operations, so they will “sharpen their pencils” as we call it to get the job.

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Estimating Plans Materials Insurance 126

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

2 Joint Job Site Visit: Owners and design-builders should always conduct a joint visit to the site to review existing/verify conditions. #3 A knowledgeable and well-trained estimating team is a key component along with a robust processes, procedures, a objective and granular local market construction task data. #1

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In 2018 (latest data available), insurance companies paid nearly $1 billion in lightning-related claims to some 78,000 policy holders, according to the Lightning Protection Institute (LPI). In addition, approximately 3 to 5 percent of all commercial insurance claims involve lightning, which is a reliably preventable issue.

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Insurance Claims Commercial Electrical 62

Levelset

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

” You may already have an insurance policy that offers coverage for business property and general liability. An installation floater is a form of insurance coverage that protects the value of building materials that will become a permanent part of a commercial or residential structure. Who needs installation floater insurance?

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Contractor Connection

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Temporary housing is a critical, yet often underappreciated, facet of the insurance and property management industries. A Win-Win Solution At the heart of temporary housing is Contractor Connection’s ACCommodate© program, uniquely designed to seamlessly integrate into the restoration process.

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Housing Insurance Security Bidding 40

PSMJ Resources

AUGUST 3, 2011

XL Insurance Enters Collaborative Agreement With PSMJ Resources, Inc. XL Insurance’s Design Professional group, specializing in professional liability insurance for architects and engineers and a part of the global underwriting operations of XL Group (NYSE: XL), and PSMJ, Resources, Inc., Wednesday, August 3, 2011.

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Insurance Resource Agreement Architecture 43

ENR Construction

JUNE 21, 2022

An insurance executive, in a commentary, writes about how to avoid risks designers never intended to take.

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Liability Insurance Risk Design 62

Wolgast Corporation

JULY 6, 2022

The emergency response report is also useful in your insurance claim for timing and dates. Additionally, you will want to call your insurance company (after emergency units) to make a claim and so they can assess the damage. We can also design and restore your building if needed.

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Insurance Claims Safety Michigan 118

Pro Builder

MAY 6, 2021

After Hurricane Sally damaged the roof of one Florida couple’s waterfront home, insurance payouts only covered two-thirds of actual damages. The couple put $100,000 of their own money into repairs although they pay $28,000 annually for their insurance coverage. Another Florida couple experienced $1.3

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Insurance Florida Risk Zoning 52

DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 6, 2011

“Insurance is all about risk management” Says Walid Shidani in his interview given to Rupert Wright, this week. The other two are the crossword and the designer sunglasses that I would have never bought had it not been for the ‘free’ subsidy that came with the subscription. But, back to insurance.

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Insurance Risk Management BIM 48

Best Practices Construction Law

AUGUST 12, 2014

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently released seven updated documents in its design-build family. An AIA press release highlights the array of how AIA agreements seek to accommodate the various ways in which design build projects are delivered. AIA Documents Overview. Additional Changes. Additional Changes.

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Construction Specifier

JANUARY 15, 2021

Dry flood-proofing implies a new design for a structure or retrofit additions to an existing facility that prevents the entry of flood waters. Wet flood-proofing, on the other hand, involves an intentional design process to allow water to enter a structure built with flood-resistant materials like masonry. by Harry Lubitz, CDT.

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Insurance Regulation Materials Design 89

Wolgast Corporation

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Here is one secret of the trade to save significant time during pre-construction, by giving your contractor a ballpark budget before design and/or estimating starts, an owner can take a shortcut in the preliminary phase and get to construction sooner. We can come to the owner with ideas without delays.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Zurich North America Insurance is offering a new construction app through Zurich Services Corporation designed to help its construction customers manage their risks and help improve safety, quality, and insights while on the job. Subscriptions to the Zurich Construction Solutions app are now…

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Construction Specifier

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Photo courtesy iStock By Kimberly Kilroy, PE, RRC, CDT and Peter Spanos, PE, CFM, LEED AP As sea level continues to rise and weather patterns become more severe and less predictable, flood mitigation is becoming a critical part of new construction design and existing building renovations and maintenance.

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Risk Zoning Insurance Renovating 62

Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Although most integrated project delivery (IPD) projects thus far have used traditional insurance products, “we are now starting to see integrated policies being developed,” Howard Ashcraft, a partner with Hanson Bridgett LLP, told a group of professionals attending a webinar that WPL Publishing held last month.

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Construction Law

APRIL 2, 2024

Insurance Assessing the Design and Build Risk Our regular expert insurance market commentary from John D Wright of JD Risk Associates looks at the available design and build risk cover available. Expect greater information requirements from underwriters in the wake of Grenfell before cover is provided, he warns.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Our solutions help mitigate some of the largest project risks from conceptual design through construction operations. Finally, we are also collaborating with Shepherd , a tech-enabled insurance provider, to reward our customers who are using our tools to better manage risk. . Payapps: Creating Faster Payment Cycles .

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