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The latest statistics from the Bureau of Labor statisticsshows that employment in the construction industry remains at all time lows forSan Diego County. The Februarystatistics were slightly improved from those reported for January. The January statistics were showedconstruction jobs at the lowest levels in over a decade. For comparison purposed, the number ofemployees with construction jobs in January, 2012 was roughly 50% lower thanthe number employed in August, 2006. ...
Soil movement claimsgenerally fall into one of two categories: soil subsidence or soil expansion. Soil subsidence occurs when a home orbuilding is constructed on top of fill soil. Fill soil is soil that is imported to the building site, in order toconstruct a level building pad. Anexample would be if a canyon was filled in with imported soil, and then homesor buildings were constructed on top of the “fill” soil. Subsidence, or settling, of ...
The L.A. times reports that because builders are trying to cut costs to the bone, construction defects are becoming increasing evident in new homes prior to even being lived in. The Times suggests a professional inspection be performed before closing escrow. http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-lew-20110911,0,55177.story .
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One of the frequent questionspeople ask me is “How does all of the defective construction that is in ourhome or building get approved by the building inspector?” This question is not as easy to answer as youmight think. First of all, a citybuilding inspector is not intended to be a guarantor that all work is donecorrectly. They are primarily lookingfor health and safety issues. They arenot scrutinizing every aspect of construction. They ha ...
Two people injured when glasspanels fell off the side of the W hotel building and into the pool area havefiled a lawsuit regarding their injuries. The hotel, located in downtown Austin Texas, reportedly has a history ofglass panel falling off their building. In this case, the panels fell more than 20 stories into the hotel’s poolarea. The two injured patrons werereportedly still removing glass two weeks after the accident. Notably, three more gla ...
Outlook Not Rosy for California Construction Jobs
Arecent study by the U.C.L.A. Business school has some sobering news for theCalifornia economy: homebuilding jobslost during the great recession will not be returning anytime soon. The U.C.L.A. report states that the pastpractices of large suburban single family home developments will likely bereplaced by more urban, multifamily housing. Multifamily construction requires far few ...
A contractor needs to takeall steps necessary to keep a license current. The penalties associated with failure to have a license are dramatic andsevere for in California if you are performing construction work without alicense. If you are not licensed, you have no ability to bring any type of legalaction with respect to the construction work performed. An unlicensed contractor cannot sue an ownerfor lack of payment if the contractor is unlicensed. Cal ...
Demolition has begun on the McGuire Building in Seattle because of uncurable constrution defects. The 26 story apartment building that included retail shops on the ground floor was constructed only 10 years ago. The cabling installed as part of the original construction was found to be rusted and corroded to such an extent that the only recourse was to demolish the building. It is anticipated that the demolition process will take at least a year, and ...
