Source: https://www.msn.com, September 7, 2018 By: Aria Bendix At 58 stories and 645 feet high, the luxury Millennium Tower is the tallest concrete structure in San Francisco. It’s also one of the most unstable. On Saturday, an apartment owner detected a large fissure in his window on the high-rise’s 36th floor, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Earlier that […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, August 30, 2018 By: Michael S. Levine and Latosha M. Ellis, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP In a victory for policyholders, and an honorable mention for Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, a federal judge in Virginia ruled that the dispersal of concrete dust that damaged inventory stored in an aircraft part distributor’s warehouse was a pollutant, as defined by […]

Source: The Boston Globe, September 4, 2018 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com One day after state health officials said that nine people who had stayed at the Sands Resort since July had contracted Legionnaires’ disease, the hotel remained open Monday with its neon “no vacancy” sign lit, and several guests said hotel staff had not informed them […]

Source: https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com, August 30, 2018 By: Jennifer Peacock Families packed the Lakehurst Community Center Wednesday for updates on how mold growth will impact this school year. School will start Sept. 6, as planned. It will not start at Lakehurst Elementary School on Union Avenue. The Lakehurst Board of Education and Superintendent Loren Fuhring, along with […]

Source: https://www.enr.com, August 30, 2018 By: Jeff Yoders UPDATE: Worker’s torch set off methane explosion The roof of the sludge concentration building at Chicago’s Calumet Water Reclamation Plant collapsed after an explosion Aug. 30 around 11 a.m. Ten people were hurt and successfully evacuated to area hospitals for treatment by the Chicago Fire Dept. The […]

Source: https://www.newcivilengineer.com, August 28, 2018 By: Emily Ashwell Consultants which have worked on buildings with cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower are being refused professional indemnity insurance for some of their projects, New Civil Engineer can reveal. Insurers are asking some to review 12 years worth of these projects and identify the risk posed by […]

Source: Business Insider, August 8, 2018 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com A pack of crayons sold at Dollar Tree has tested positive for traces of asbestos, according to a consumer watchdog group. The US Public Interest Research Group is advising Dollar Tree to recall the crayons and contact customers to let them know. A Dollar Tree spokesperson […]

Source: http://www.recordonline.com, August 7, 2018 By: Leonard Sparks Newburgh is suing the federal government, New York, state agencies and manufacturers it blames for the contamination of the city’s primary water supply, which has been closed for more than two years due to high levels of a chemical associated with cancers, low infant birth weight and […]

Source: http://www.galesburg.com, August 6, 2018 By: Rebecca Susmarski A lawsuit the city of Galesburg filed against the engineering firm it hired for the Oquawka water treatment plant came to an end Monday. The Galesburg City Council agreed during its regularly scheduled meeting to settle the city’s lawsuit against AECOM, the parent company of engineering firm […]

Source: http://www.seacoastonline.com, August 3, 2018 By: Elizabeth Dinan A contractor accused in a federal lawsuit of faulty construction at the 100-unit Wamesit Place housing complex filed a court motion denying liability, while reporting if it is found liable, so too should five other contractors who worked there. The lawsuit was filed by Portsmouth attorney John […]

Source: http://www.seacoastonline.com, August 3, 2018 By: Elizbeth Dinan A contractor accused in a federal lawsuit of faulty construction at the 100-unit Wamesit Place housing complex filed a court motion denying liability, while reporting if it is found liable, so too should five other contractors who worked there. The lawsuit was filed by Portsmouth attorney John […]

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