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WORLDWIDE RELEASE — OCTOBER 2016

The Cost of Construction investigates a string of controversial deaths in Las Vegas during the construction of MGM's CityCenter, the most expensive private construction project in US history. The film unfolds to look at worker safety nationally, revealing a pattern of negligence at the highest corporate and government levels.

 
 

THE Cost of Construction

Featured Interviews

 
Featured
Robert Reich
Robert Reich

Former Sec. of Labor under Clinton / Chancellor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley.

 

Jordan Barab
Jordan Barab

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health

 

Alexandra Berzon
Alexandra Berzon

Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The Las Vegas Sun

 

Deb Koehler-Fergen
Deb Koehler-Fergen

Son killed at the Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas

George Cole (and family)
George Cole (and family)

Construction worker/Contractor; Brother-in-law killed at CityCenter

Kip Viscusi
Kip Viscusi

Professor of Law and Economics: Vanderbilt University

George Miller
George Miller

Congressman (D-CA) / House Education and Labor Committee

Scott Allison
Scott Allison

Firefighter and first responder for the Clark County Fire Department

 

Peg Seminario
Peg Seminario

Director, Safety and Health Department, AFL-CIO

 

Jannie Gittleman
Jannie Gittleman

Former Associate Dir. Safety & Health Research, CPWR

Celeste Monforton, DrPH
Celeste Monforton, DrPH

Prof. George Washington - Environmental & Occupational Health

 

Eric Frumin
Eric Frumin

Dir of Health & Safety - Change to Win

James Stanley
James Stanley

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary – Federal OSHA

Tony Illia
Tony Illia

Las Vegas business reporter (Engineering News Record)

 

Chris Giunchigliani
Chris Giunchigliani

Clark County Commissioner (Las Vegas official)

Steve Ross
Steve Ross

Executive secretary-treasurer, Southern Nevada Building Trades Council

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Watch Film - 10/14/16