Source: https://www.oudaily.com/, May 28, 2026 By: Ana Barboza Norman Public Library Central closed about two years ago after water intrusion caused mold to grow throughout the building. Now, the city is involved in two ongoing lawsuits regarding the management of the library. The Norman Public Library Central, at 103 W. Acres St., temporarily closed in November […]

Source: https://siouxfalls.business/, July 13, 2026 By: Dominik Dausch Asbestos contamination has shuttered a 10-story downtown Sioux Falls high-rise project. State regulators accuse the building’s new owner of exposing tenants to hazardous construction dust and attempting to evade environmental oversight. Read more.

Source: https://www.news8000.com/, July 14, 2026 By: Jen Christensen New York City is managing a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases on the Upper East Side that officials believe is tied to bacteria found in cooling towers. Towers on 76 buildings on the Upper East Side have tested positive for the bacteria, the city’s Department of […]

Source: https://www.enr.com/, June 23, 2026 By: Bryan Gottlieb The National Institute of Standards and Technology on June 22 released technical findings and further details regarding the events leading to the collapse of Champlain Towers South and the tragic deaths of 98 people that occurred five years ago. The agency concluded that the collapse sequence began […]

Source: https://www.ctinsider.com/, July 13, 2026 By: Michael Walsh The city said it has taken care of a contaminated underground storage tank at the Mad River redevelopment site that the state previously warned the city could be fined over. In May, Waterbury officials received a letter from the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection concerning what Mayor Paul […]

Source: https://www.carriermanagement.com/, July 13, 2026 New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sued some of the nation’s largest chemical and agricultural companies — 3M Company, EIDP Inc., The Chemours Company Inc., Corteva Inc., and DuPont De Nemours Inc. — for contributing to decades of toxic polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution in the state through their use […]

Source: https://www.yoursourceone.com/, July 11, 2026 The Moses Lake School District will receive $1.85 million under a settlement with the architectural firm involved in the Groff Elementary School construction project. The district announced the settlement with Design West Architects on July 10, saying the money will help offset costs associated with remediating construction-related deficiencies at Groff […]

Source: https://www.nbcmiami.com/, June 1, 2026 A construction worker died after a column fell at the future site of a luxury skyscraper in downtown Miami on Monday, officials said. The incident happened at the site of the Okan Tower on North Miami Avenue near 6th Street. According to Miami Police officials, a structural column that was […]

Source: https://www.wsbtv.com/, July 12, 2026 By: Sam Sachs Damage at a long-abandoned high-rise had debris on part of 14th Street Sunday afternoon. At the Campanile Building, now called The Midtowne, scaffolding over the sidewalk collapsed. While the building is located on Peachtree Street, the property abuts 14th Street as well, in downtown Atlanta. Read more.

Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/, July 11, 2026 By: Conrad Swanson Federal regulators will force the removal of toxic, highly corrosive chemicals from a defunct and leaking pulp mill along the Chehalis River, officials confirmed this week. Either Richard Bassett, the U.K. businessman who owns Cosmo Specialty Fibers, must start removing vast quantities of these chemicals from the site this month […]

Source: https://nypost.com/, July 9, 2026 By: Karen Talley MetroLoft, the developer behind the Manhattan high rise that suddenly buckled on Tuesday, is facing a $350 million-plus lawsuit at star-studded 443 Greenwich St., home to names including Rebel Wilson, Harry Styles and Meg Ryan over the last decade. A construction defect case, alleging a number of structural […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, July 10, 2026 By: Joe Bousquin The order follows an April ruling on the same project that awarded Chestle Development approximately $174.6 million in damages from Tutor Perini for delays stemming from defective concrete work during construction. Tutor Perini was awarded a $239 million contract to build the hotel in 2015. The 51-story, 755-room building opened […]