Two surveys on green building showed up in our most read news posts of the week on Construction Dive. Both found interest in green construction projects among clients.

Elsewhere, a scaffolding collapse turned into a $2 million court decision in New York. Find out what that was about and check out the other headlines that mattered to our readers this week at the links below:

• Executive survey: Build green? Yes! Go for LEED? Not so much—Turner Construction asked real estate owners, developers and owner-occupants, who said overwhelmingly that building green makes sense to them.
• Jury hits contractor with $2 million award to worker in scaffolding collapse—In Syracuse, N.Y., the six-member panel deemed that a worker who dropped 60 feet to the ground was entitled to the amount for past and coming lost wages and pain and suffering.
• Home-builder coalition compiles what buyers want that makes 'new' a better deal—Builder Homesite, comprising 32 U.S. home builders, is offering a breakdown of what buyers priorities are in different U.S. regions.
• Construction backlog is rising in all but the South—The West appears to have a roaring recovery, with its backlog of construction work up 1.53 months year-over-year to almost nine months of work.
• Green is mainstream, global survey of contractors finds—McGraw-Hill surveyed builders worldwide and found that corporate profits and client demand are advancing green construction.

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