A year after a falling beam fatally hit an iron worker on campus, questions remain about what went wrong and how the accident could have been prevented as construction continues on the lakefront. Michael...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the general contractor for Northwestern's new Music and Communication Building, citing a violation that may have led to the accidental death...

About a decade ago, Jackie Rowles was taking a Wendella tour of Chicago when she realized her brother should be the one at the front of the double-decker boat pointing out the city's crowning achievements...

The 21-year-old son of a construction worker killed last week by a falling beam is suing the general contractor for Northwestern's new Music and Communication Building. Michael Kerr, 57, was hit in...

I have asked several of my friends if they recognized the name Michael Kerr. Not a single person did. A few people may remember Kerr as the 57-year-old construction worker from Indiana who died tragically...