Source: https://www.idsnews.com, April 28, 2019 By: Lexi Haskell Here’s what else you’ve missed with the lawsuit. IU is not contractually obligated to provide clean, safe or mold-free housing to its students, attorneys representing the university’s Board of Trustees have argued in a court filing. More than 20 IU students who lived on the Bloomington campus […]

Source: https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com, June 6, 2019 By: Kyle Bagenstose A Navy official said last week that after a “proactive” initiative to remove 3,500 tons of contaminated soil went awry, the department likely won’t be trying it again anytime soon. An official in charge of closed Naval facilities on the East Coast said at a meeting last […]

Source: https://theconversation.com, June 5, 2019 Australian building owners face a bill that could run into billions of dollars to replace combustible cladding of the sort that fuelled the Greenfell tower fire in the UK, which killed 72 people, as well as fires in Australia and overseas. The cost estimate is based on our calculations for Victoria, which has had […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com. June 4, 2019 By: Claire Wilkinson Construction companies are stepping up risk management efforts and making greater use of technology in response to a growing number of fire and water damage claims during construction projects, according to industry sources. At sites where buildings are under construction, catastrophic fires in major metropolitan areas and […]

Source: https://www.hartfordbusiness.com, June 3, 2019 By: Greg Bordonaro A bitter lawsuit between the city of Hartford and the fired former developer of Dunkin’ Donuts Park is finally coming to a head. The trial between the city and Centerplan Construction Co./DoNo Hartford LLC, which argues it was wrongfully terminated from the stadium development and is suing […]

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com, May 31, 2019 By: David Wren The State Ports Authority and an engineering firm that worked on the Leatherman Terminal in North Charleston have agreed to settle legal claims they had filed against each other. A jury sided with S&ME Inc. earlier this year in a case where the authority alleged the firm […]

Source: https://www.journal-news.net, May 31, 2019 The city of Martinsburg will be reimbursed $4,915,628 by the U.S. Air Force for expenses related to the cleanup of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — or PFAS — found in the city’s water supply in 2016. Both Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. assisted with the […]

Source: https://www.reuters.com, By: Jonathan Stempel Los Angeles County sued Monsanto Co on Thursday, seeking to force the unit of Germany’s Bayer AG to help pay for reducing PCB contamination in dozens of bodies of water. The most populous U.S. county, which has about 10.1 million people, said the presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in products […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com, May 31, 2019 By: Gabriele Crognale, PE Global seismic changes have begun to play a greater role in risk associated with the built environment. Consider recent severe flooding in New Orleans, New York and Boston, and along coastal towns in the paths of hurricanes and Nor’easters. Besides the destruction of property, such calamities […]

Source: https://axaxl.com/fast-fast-forward, April 23, 2019 By: Mary Ann Susavidge, Chief Underwriting Officer, Environmental Insurance, AXA XL Environmental liabilities were once notorious for killing business deals. Most businesses didn’t know how to handle their own environmental liability issues, much less take on someone else’s. Fortunately, that’s not the case today. Given the abundance of merger and […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com, May 29, 2019 By: Judy Greenwald A federal court ruled Tuesday that an Allied World Assurance Co. unit must defend an engineering firm in a construction lawsuit, but held off ruling on whether it must also indemnify the company until underlying litigation is resolved. Richard Goettle Inc., a Cincinnati-based geotechnical engineering and construction […]

Source: https://www.providencejournal.com, May 29, 2019 By: Alex Kuffner The developer of the Phillipsdale Landing complex in Rumford has agreed to an $82,000 settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over allegations of mishandling toxic chemicals. Bourne Holdings, of Pawtucket, agreed to pay the fine to settle allegations of six counts of violating federal regulations for […]