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.

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 […]