Source: https://www.miamiherald.com, June 7, 2019 By: Joey Flechas and Adriana Brasileiro Almost a year after the rushed debut of the latest plan to build a stadium in Miami for David Beckham’s upcoming Major League Soccer team, the biggest question hanging over the project remains unanswered. What will it cost to clean up contaminated soil at […]

Source: https://buffalonews.com, June 7, 2019 By: Harold McNeil An agricultural chemical manufacturer will finish the cleanup of arsenic and other hazardous contamination at its Middleport plant and nearby properties under a settlement the state announced Friday. The company, FMC Corp., will also reimburse the state $31 million for cleanup work already done at the site, […]

Source: https://www.military.com, June 10, 2019 By: Tony Davis, The Arizona Star, Tucson The same chemical compounds that have tainted drinking wells from Tucson’s south side to Marana have been found polluting groundwater underneath the Air National Guard base adjoining Tucson International Airport, a consultant’s report for the Air Guard says. Perfluorinated compounds, commonly known as PFAS, turned […]

Source: Muskegon Chronicle (MI), June 9, 2019 Posted on: https://www.advisen.com A local livestock and produce farm is being sued by Dalton Township and the farm’s next-door neighbor, according to court documents. Both lawsuits were filed in Muskegon County Circuit court in early May against the owners and operators of Hidden Creek Farm, 1230 W. River […]

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 […]