Among the scariest images of Hurricane Irma were two collapsed cranes at construction sites in Miami.  If you’re wondering why Miami doesn’t have stricter laws regulating construction cranes, the answer is that when Miami enacted a law requiring cranes to withstand 140 mile per hour winds, the Associated Builders and Contractors, an association of non-union … Continue reading Thank Non-Union Construction Companies (and Federal Preemption) for Those Collapsed Cranes in Miami