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Construction is going green, with buildings that are designed to use less energy, conserve water and lower carbon emissions. While the environmental benefits are clear, there may be some unforeseen risk when the roof of the building is a lawn.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded construction companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Risk managers are typically used to dealing with insurance on completed structures. Construction projects are different. Reducing hazards and properly insuring buildings under construction bring a set of very different challenges. Specialized insurance and loss-control solutions must be brought to bear.

Midsized construction projects may benefit from an insurance approach long used at the largest sites. A careful analysis will show if this approach makes sense for specific projects.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded construction companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The hardened insurance market hammered the construction industry and the building trades, leaving firms scrambling to find coverage and products insurers were once eager to sell. Because of the hardship, some firms may even leave the business.

Construction and engineering firms are crying "gimme shelter" as they seek to manage their risks amid a lack of insurance capacity, tighter coverage restrictions and a storm of litigation in the housing market.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded construction companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The just-in-time manufacturing process has helped manufacturers maintain profit margins, but it has also eroded the safety margin built into supply chains.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded manufacturing companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The best commercial brokers in the business know their customers sometimes better than customers know themselves. So, just who belongs to this vaunted group of middlemen and women for the construction industry? Find out the 2011 Power Broker® results.

Green building is taking off in the construction, design and real estate development worlds, and for good reasons. But with green reward comes unique green risk.

Most of the commercial insurance products out there with "green" in their name appear to be coming out of the property side of the business.