Source: https://berkleycp.com/ As design and construction professionals consider the potential use of artificial intelligence (AI) in their businesses, Berkley Construction Professional offers the following for your consideration. Vision and Intended Use Design and construction technology has evolved continuously over the past 40+ years. In addition to the advent of CAD, BIM, and other 3D-visualization applications […]

Source: Miller Insurance The design build contractor on a solar energy project retained a structural engineering sub-consultant to design the steel frame supporting a large solar-panel array. The contractor had a very short completion schedule, with substantial penalties if the project did not open as required under the contract. After the structure was erected, and […]

Source: Miller Insurance The Insured provided general contracting and construction management services for the construction of a four story, 83-unit apartment building. After construction had started, the Insured discovered a survey error that was made by its survey subcontractor. The error resulted in the construction of a larger structure, resulting in added construction costs. Our […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com/ Operators of a construction and demolition waste landfill were sued by an adjacent property owner who alleged that contamination from the landfill had migrated onto their land. The complaint alleged that the landfill operator accepted various liquid wastes which subsequently contaminated the groundwater. As a result of the contamination, residents developed unspecified health […]

Source: https://www.startribune.com/, May 13, 2025 By: Brooks Johnson 3M will pay the state of New Jersey up to $450 million through the next 25 years to settle claims of PFAS contamination. The Maplewood-based manufacturer sold the “forever chemicals” to the DuPont Chambers Works facility in the Garden State for many years. Chemours, a spinoff of […]

Source: https://dnyuz.com/, May 9, 2025 New soil testing by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead and other toxic metals at homes destroyed by January’s catastrophic wildfires and cleared by federal cleanup crews. The county health department hired Roux Associates Inc. to conduct soil sampling at 30 homesites […]

Source: https://fox4kc.com/, May 7, 2025 By: Delaney Eyermann A construction worker who who survived the deadly Clay County bridge collapse in 2022 is suing the county and two companies he says are responsible for the tragedy. Kaden Bax is suing Clay County, Crockett Engineering Consultants, LLC and WSP USA, Inc for the deadly bridge collapse on Oct. […]

Source: https://azbigmedia.com/, May 5, 2025 By: Gary Nelson The combination of real estate properties and construction sites generates substantial investments, involving multiple participants, and requires an extensive operational scale and complex legal systems. Such developmental projects produce significant financial gains and support urban progress, although they expose stakeholders to fundamental risk exposures that threaten schedule […]

Source: https://www.barrietoday.com/, May 6, 2024 By: Bob Bruton Barrie’s two major transit developments face higher costs due to an unanticipated, additional amount of contaminated soil, extended archaeological monitoring and investigations, and the complex requirements of working adjacent to a Metrolinx rail corridor. Affected are the Allandale and Downtown Transit Mobility Hubs, and Allandale Historic Train […]

Source: https://www.thestate.com/, May 6, 2025 By: Morgan Hughes and Sammy Fretwell Richland County is being ordered to pay up to $3 million for violating state pollution rules at the under-construction Scout Motors site north of Columbia. State regulators have documented numerous instances of sediment and storm water being improperly managed, leading to pollution of the […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, May 7, 2025 By: Jack Brook Federal authorities are seeking to contain and clean up the damage from a decades-old oil well in southeast Louisiana that spewed crude and natural gas for more than a week. Upwards of 79,000 gallons (299,047 liters) of “oily water mixture” have been recovered near Garden Island Bay […]

Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/, April 17 2025 By: Grist, Lylla Younes, and Naveena Sadasivam By January 2018, Vanessa Dominguez and her husband had been flirting with moving to a different neighborhood in El Paso, Texas, for a few years. Their daughter was enrolled in one of the best elementary schools in the county, but because the family […]