Source: October 9, 2026 By: Dominique Moody Residents of a Northern Virginia neighborhood say a data center just steps from their backyards cuts into their quality of life with too much noise and light pollution. Residents on Cocquina Drive in Reston say the company CoreSite’s data center expansion near Fairfax County Parkway has been an […]

Source: Billions of dollars in data center construction are generating significant insurance demand, but a growing challenge for insurers is the accumulation of exposures rather than a broad shortage of capacity, insurance executives say. Most projects can obtain the property and builders risk capacity they need, but insurers and reinsurers must track overlapping construction, operational […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, October 6, 2026 By: John Mark Goodman, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP A Florida federal judge has found architectural firm HKS liable for providing defective structural designs from its engineering subconsultant on a hospital project in Florida. The case involves expansion of an existing hospital in Lake Mary, Florida. The owner, Orlando Health, […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, October 7, 2026 By: Richard Sine Liberty Mutual units sued two Texas-based makers of artificial stone countertops Monday, expanding a legal battle over who should pay when stone fabricators contract a devastating lung disease. The two suits cited a total of 230 cases in which fabricators sued the makers after contracting silicosis, which […]

Source: https://www.abc27.com/, October 7, 2026 By: Kaylee Lindenmuth Federal authorities are citing a Franklin County firm, alleging “willful and serious safety violations” that led to the death of a worker in a trench. The U.S. Department of Labor announced penalties following an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigation into Jonas David Wagoner, doing business […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, October 6, 2026 By: Michael S. Levine and Joshua S. Paster, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Listeria is a bacterium that can infect humans and cause intestinal illness and other harm. So when might listeria not qualify as a “communicable disease” under an insurance policy? According to a federal court in Oregon, the answer […]

Source: https://www.enr.com/, September 24, 2026 By: Jared Maxwell For architecture and engineering firms, professional liability insurance is a cornerstone of risk management. These policies are almost always written on a claims-made basis, making timely claims reporting one of the most critical—yet often overlooked—requirements for preserving coverage. In practice, how and when a firm reports a […]

Source: https://riskandinsurance.com/, October 6, 2026 By: Jayden Johnson, RT ECP The phrase “sudden and accidental” in pollution insurance is similar to “overnight success” in the arts, sports or business. Both terms have been accepted in the vernacular, but neither is quite accurate. Just as most breakout celebrities earn their acclaim after years of trying, pollution […]

Source: https://hoodline.com/, October 6, 2026 By: Ryan Anderson Two Texas homeowners say the cracks splitting open their Lennar-built houses keep getting worse, even after the nation’s second-largest homebuilder sent engineers to inspect the damage. One family in East Austin and another in Celina have spent recent weeks documenting the spreading fractures on social media, and […]

Source: https://www.12onyourside.com/, October 5, 2026 By: Oliver Sabo Virginia environmental regulators are alleging repeated unpermitted sediment runoff from the construction site of Google’s “Project Peanut” data center in Chesterfield County. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued a Notice of Violation to Peanut LLC on Sept. 29, detailing seven reported sediment runoff incidents between December […]

Source: https://atlanta.urbanize.city/, September 25, 2026 By: Josh Green Gangbusters new construction in recent years has given Atlanta “the U,” a nearly 17-mile stretch of continuous Beltline trails that stitches together myriad neighborhoods, with the remaining five miles either in final planning stages or under construction now. But the productivity hasn’t been without headaches. In less […]

Source: https://www.forconstructionpros.com/, September 18, 2026 By: Chadd Reynolds While parties building a construction project agree that the finished project should be free of defects, complaints nevertheless often arise over the project’s design, workmanship or materials during or after construction. Allegations of defective work can derail the progress of a construction project by shifting precious time […]