Source: https://www.daytondailynews.com, April 17, 2018 By: Jeremy P. Kelley Dayton’s school board on Tuesday approved a $1.6 million settlement agreement in favor of the school district and the state, addressing longstanding design problems at Wogaman and Louise Troy schools. DNK Architects, Inc. will pay $1 million to the school board and the Ohio Facilities Construction […]

Source: http://www.truth-out.org, April 17, 2018 By: Sue Sturgis At the same time the Trump administration is seeking to roll back regulations designed to protect people and the environment from toxic coal ash, hundreds of workers who cleaned up the nation’s largest-ever coal ash spill and claim it sickened them are still waiting for their day in court. […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com. April 16, 2018 By: Elizabeth Blosfield The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that KeySpan Gas East Corporation is responsible for costs to clean up environmental contamination caused by manufactured gas plants owned by its predecessor during years when there was no pollution property damage liability insurance coverage available in the market. […]

Source: Great American Insurance Group, Environmental Insider, April 2018 Over the past 10 years, environmental regulation development and implementation have continued to evolve and change. Since the creation of the EPA, about 200 new environmental regulations per year (7) were promulgated. Currently there are about 27,074 pages of environmental regulation in Title 40 of the Code of […]

Source: Great American Insurance Group, Environmental Insider, April 2018 Over the past 10 years, there has been increased awareness on environmental regulations. As a result, environmental insurance has become more prevalent for many insureds through transactions, development, contracting etc. As the market for environmental insurance increases, the book for environmental claims has evolved. This article […]

Source: Great American Insurance Group, Environmental Insider, April 2018 Site Redevelopment: A site which had been purchased five years prior and insured under a premises policy was being redeveloped into multi-family residential units. During the development process, soil was being removed from the basement and testing revealed lead and other wastes. Upon further testing, a […]

This article discusses the fundamental design difficulties of the fully automated baggage system originally planned for the New Denver Airport, and their implications for airport and airline management. Theory, industrial experience, and the reality at Denver emphasize the difficulty of achieving acceptable standards of performance when novel, complex systems are operating near capacity. United Airlines […]

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Source: https://failures.wikispaces.com By: James Chavanic, Candidate BAE/MAE Architectural Engineering (Structural) 2013, Pennsylvania State University Pittsburgh International Airport Parking Garage  Precast Double-T Structural Defects Pittsburgh, PA (1998) Key Terms Parking Garage, Precast Concrete, Double Tee, Carbon Fiber, FRP, Shear Failure, Performance Failure, Dapped, Prestress Introduction The short-term parking facility at the Pittsburgh International Airport was built […]

Source: https://www.houstonchronicle.com, April 5, 2018 By: Rebecca Elliott Hundreds of Fort Bend County residents sued a local engineering firm Wednesday alleging the company acted negligently in designing a stormwater management system for a community that flooded during Hurricane Harvey. The lawsuit filed against Costello, Inc. in state district court focuses on work the engineering firm […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, April 2, 2018 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued a report that found both a contractor and VA hospital officials demonstrated “shoddy planning” and poor oversight of an $8.7 million generator project that is $17.5 million over budget, according to The Oklahoman. […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, April 2, 2018 By: Kim Slowey Structural failures and other jobsite disasters can lead to financial and legal problems — as well as damage to the contractor’s reputation. On many construction projects, there is a risk of a worker being injured or a structural failure while the job is in progress. But for […]