A project Owner hired a structural engineer to determine structural steel needed for a mixed-use project. The engineer used the incorrect code for this project resulting in higher structural steel costs. The Owner incurred $5,000,000 in additional costs due to the negligence of the structural engineer. The Owner asserted a claim against the structural engineer […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, February 20, 2019 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: Centurion American Development Group, the new owner of the Collin Creek Mall in Plano, Texas, has revealed its plans for the property’s conversion to a $1 billion mixed-use development, The Dallas Morning News reported. Bush Architects in Addison, Texas, has created a master plan rendering of the new complex, […]

Source: https://www.grandhaventribune.com, February 21, 2019 By: Marie Havenga It will be a few more months before burgers are broiling at a new Wayback Burgers restaurant on Grand Haven’s east side. Owner Bhupinder Dhillon said when construction crews removed concrete this week after razing the former Oasis Party Store building at 541 S. Beechtree St. last Friday, they […]

Source: https://www.recordonline.com, February 21, 2019 By: Lana Bellamy The Air Force is refusing to reimburse the City of Newburgh for costs incurred from the continual cleanup at Washington Lake of toxic chemicals tied to activities at the Stewart Air National Guard Base. The Department of the Air Force advised city officials that Newburgh’s claim for […]

Source: https://www.sfgate.com, February 20, 2019 Two San Francisco residents filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the construction company and contractors involved in a gas line rupture that caused a three-alarm fire earlier this month on Geary Boulevard. According to the suit, plaintiffs Carina Kouyoumji and Nora Wixom are suing Mastec Services Company Inc.; Mastec Renewables Construction […]

By: Laura Layden Tony Conte is tired of dealing with construction defects at his part-time home in Paseo. While fixes have been made at his condominium, some projects have dragged out, leaving him frustrated. Planks of wood reinforce his second-story balcony — and the manager of the Fort Myers community told him that it’s unsafe to use and not to […]

Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com, February 18, 2019 Minnesota health officials report investigating four recent cases of Legionnaires’ disease associated with a Crookston area hotel. Four people who became ill between Jan. 22 and Jan. 27 all reported spending some time at the Crookston Inn and Convention Center prior to their illnesses. None of the ill people were overnight […]

Source: https://www.mvtimes.com, February 15, 2019 By: George Brennan The Martha’s Vineyard Airport is bleeding money as the investigation and remediation of contamination continues. On Thursday, the airport commission authorized a $130,000 contract with Tetra Tech, the environmental firm conducting the investigation and remediation, and were told that $120,000 more will be spent on testing wells […]

Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com, February 19, 2019 By: Scott Dance Baltimore is asking a federal judge to force agriculture chemical company Monsanto to pay for cleanup of environmental toxins known as PCBs, following more than a dozen mostly West Coast cities and states that have filed similar lawsuits in recent years. The lawsuit announced Tuesday doesn’t specify […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, Environmental Insider, January 2019 By: Russ Nassof, Esq., RiskNomics LLC Both the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shared new requirements for water management programs (WMPs) as a preventive response to the rising issue of Legionnaires’ disease, a serious lung infection caused […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, Environmental Insider, January 2019 By: Jillian Walsh With the potential for a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bill on the horizon, the demand for asphalt paving projects is expected to increase as the nation’s infrastructure undergoes upgrades, improvements and new construction. Often an increase in workload results in increased potential for accidents and associated environmental […]

Source: https://www.irmi.com, September 2015 By: Kent Holland Where a natural gas pipe exploded due to construction workers disturbing it while working on an excavation project, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the resulting bodily injury and property damage was caused by a “pollution condition,” i.e., the escape of the natural gas, and that the contractor’s […]