Source: https://www.columbian.com, March 3, 2019 By: Tony Schick, OPB For years, firefighters and airfield crews trained to ward off flames by spraying thousands of gallons of foam fire suppressants, which eventually seeped into groundwater and could threaten to contaminate the Columbia River and a well field that supplies drinking water to the city of Portland. […]

Source: https://www.berkshireeagle.com, March 3, 2019 By: Adam Shanks The results of environmental testing at the Windsor Mill on Union Street have forced the city to consider its next steps. “It means we have some work to do before we would take another swing trying to find a buyer for the Windsor Mill,” Mayor Thomas Bernard […]

Source: https://www.kob.com, February 27, 2019 By: Faith Egbuonu A local farmer said contaminated water from the Cannon Air Force Base has contaminated 4,000 of his cows. “Life is water, and without good fresh water, you can’t grow crops. You can’t milk cows,” said Art Schaap, the owner of Highland Dairy. Schapp was faced with horrible news […]

Source: https://www.wbaa.org, February 27, 2019 By: Rebecca Thiele East Chicago residents are still nervous about lead and arsenic contamination. Two years after government agencies started a large-scale cleanup that’s not yet finished, residents question the use of an elementary school building in the Superfund site. The Environmental Protection Agency says the building is safe, but […]

Source: https://www.foxnews.com, February 27, 2019 By: Ann W. Schmidt Toxic gas at a water treatment plant in Alabama sent dozens of people to the hospital Wednesday morning. A chemical spill caused sodium hypochlorite to mix with ferric sulfate at a Birmingham Water Works treatment plant near Highway 280, AL.com reported. Both chemicals are used to treat water separately. […]

Source: http://bronx.news12.com, February 21, 2019 Department of Health officials say they’re confirming the presence of bacteria related to Legionnaires’ disease in the water supply of the Bronx River Houses in Van Nest. Officials say two tenants at the building have become sick with the disease in the last year. The Health Department says with building […]

Source: https://dailygazette.com, February 25, 2019 By: Stephen Williams Lawsuit seeks to recover FOA/PFOS investigation and monitoring costs The state has filed a new lawsuit against industrial conglomerate 3M and other firefighting foam manufacturers, seeking compensation for contamination at more than a dozen sites, some of them in the Capital Region. The lawsuit charges that companies made and […]

Source: https://www.care2.com, February 24, 2019 By: S.E. Smith PFAS contamination is grabbing lots of headlines this year, drawing attention to a previously little-known issue with huge stakes for many communities. These chemicals pose serious risks — as is currently on display in New Mexico, where thousands of dairy cows are set to be killed because they’re producing milk that isn’t […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com, February 25, 2019 By: Scott Fallon More than a year after it began, muddy runoff from a construction site is still seeping into a once-pristine upper Bergen County brook, raising concerns among some residents and local officials that arsenic from the property is contaminating the waterway. Engineers for Upper Saddle River and state environmental […]

A hospital owner experienced a large loss due to a structural steel design error. Due to design negligence, part of the new hospital tower was rendered unusable. The result was approximately $20,000,000 in direct damages to the building, and another $5,000,000 in consequential damages. The Owner’s architect had a policy with a $1,000,000 limit. However, […]

The project Owner of a $100,000,000 vacation resort complex project incurred $20,000,000 in delay costs and consequential damages because the design professional failed to provide 100% completed and coordinated construction documents. The Design professionals settled for their remaining underlying policy limits of $3,400,000 and presented balance of claim under the Owners Protective Indemnity policy.

The project Owner of a large hotel project incurred $10,000,000 in additional costs due to the negligence of its retained soils engineer. The prime architect’s policy had $1,000,000 in limits. The Owners Protective Indemnity policy sat excess of the prime architect’s practice policy to cover the Owner’s $9,000,000 in loss.