General Contracting

Consigli Construction Co., Inc. (Consigli) an award-winning construction management firm with offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New York, has been ranked #81 among the top 400 construction management firms in the nation by Engineering News-...

For those whose homes have been damaged by storms, it's important they take action quickly to begin the remediation process before secondary damage occurs. "If something needs (repairs) immediately, the best thing you can do is get a contractor out to...

After the hurricane, the real work begins — if there is damage to your property. Assess the damage and write a list to give to your insurance company. Before you hire a contractor: • Find out what your property insurance will cover. At...

Design divas and weekend warriors can see what's hot and get expert advice at Fort Lauderdale's Home Design and Remodeling Show on Memorial Day weekend. The annual show, from Saturday through May 27 at the Broward County Convention Center, will...

Walmart can be sued for being negligent in hiring contractors that employ workers at their distribution centers, according to a federal ruling this week. Workers had filed the class-action lawsuit, Carrillo v. Schneider, in November that alleges they...

Carpenters used to handle almost every phase of home construction and renovation. That changed with the post-WWII building boom and housing mass production. Since then, building trades have become increasingly specialized. There may be a general...

An Alabama-based real estate investment company has agreed to pay a $1 million fine for damaging wetlands and polluting waters in a development project in Hancock County. Hancock County Land LLC, registered to do business in Mississippi, also has agreed...

Community activists and an interfaith group want Philadelphia City Council to amend a lease agreement between the city and US Airways Group to boost the salary of 1,500 low-wage airport workers and require future hiring for ground-service jobs to come...

A local magistrate deferred judgment on a lawsuit filed by a Banks Township supervisor who claims he was not paid for work he did in the township in 2012. District Judge Casimir Kosciolek of Lansford said he needs time to look at documents and paperwork...

Funding and lack of a contractor delayed construction two years on the largest outdoor memorial in the country to Tuskegee Airmen, but those problems appear to be resolved, officials said. Tuskegee Airmen became the military's first black pilots...

The state on Wednesday began advertising a $120 million interstate improvement project that the governor's office said will make large swaths of I-264 and I-64 "look like new." The work, split into three contracts, will cover 163 lane miles with several...

The state Department of Environmental Protection says a radioactive device used in road construction was lost somewhere along Interstate 81 in West Virginia when it fell off a Pennsylvania contractor's truck. "As long as the device is not tampered with...