Source: http://lancasteronline.com, March 21, 2016 By: Tim Stuhldreher Seeking compensation for “multi-million dollar losses and damages,” Manheim Central School District has filed a lawsuit against the architecture firm that designed the now-razed Doe Run Elementary School. Foreman Architects-Engineers’ design was faulty and the firm failed to disclose the problem in a follow-up investigation, the lawsuit […]

By: Jefferey S. Lejfer, New Day underwriting Managers LLC As we move into 2016 we wanted to bring you some things that we’re hearing about trends in the construction industry and related risk liability for this year. (Finally!) Growth Construction-related firms that managed to weather the 2008 recession are starting to see a return to […]

Source: http://capegazette.villagesoup.com, March 17, 2016 By: Ron MacArthur Officials point to sediment control issues The developers of a community near Lewes have been cited for violations of the state’s sediment and stormwater regulations. On Feb. 25, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary David Small issued fines to Oakwood Village at Lewes LLC, […]

Source: http://www.columbian.com, March 18, 2016 By: Dameon Pesanti Cascade Bridge allowed muddy runoff into Burnt Bridge Creek The Department of Ecology fined Vancouver-based contractor Cascade Bridge $33,000 for allowing muddy runoff to pour into Burnt Bridge Creek along a construction site at Interstate 205. Heavy rains caused muddy runoff to flow into Burnt Bridge Creek […]

Source: http://www.constructiondive.com, March 15, 2016 By: Kim Slowey The following is the third installment of Construction Dive’s “The Dotted Line” series, which takes an in-depth look at different construction contract types each month with expert input. Read the first two installments here and here. Although the design-build process of construction has been used throughout the world for […]

Source: http://www.wkyt.com, March 17, 2016 By: Victor Puente SHARPSBURG, Ky. (WKYT) – An environmental cleanup crew spent hours at a wreck Thursday morning after a semi went into a Bath County creek. The director of Bath County’s Emergency Management Agency, Jason York, said it wasn’t the size of that truck that was the problem, it […]

Source: http://www.pe.com, March 15, 2016 By: Alicia Robinson A contaminated former sewer plant site in Riverside will be safe for homebuilding after another environmental cleanup, and the site poses no health risk, state officials say. But the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, which is overseeing the work, still faces distrust from residents and some […]

Source: https://www.rt.com, March 17, 2016 The city council in Portland, Oregon has unanimously voted to authorize a lawsuit against Monsanto for contaminating its waterways with cancer-causing chemicals. Six other West Coast cities are also suing the bio-agricultural corporation in federal court. City Attorney Tracy Reeve claims that Portland has already spent a significant amount of […]

Source: http://www.allgov.com, March 16, 2016 Buy: Vivian Yee, New York Times NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt. — Above the Walloomsac River, where ramshackle farmhouses sit just downhill from tidy homes with organic gardens out back, the old ChemFab plant was, for many, a respected local employer from the days when this village’s prosperity depended on industry. For […]

Source: http://www.bna.com, March 2, 2016 By: Peter Hayes On the heels of a record year for mergers and acquisitions, environmental attorneys tell Bloomberg BNA companies acquiring the assets of another should take steps to reduce the chances they will face big dollar Superfund liability as a successor for hazardous waste contamination. In 2015, buyers spent […]

<Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 15, 2016 By: Kara Cleary, Barnes & Thornburg LLP When a company learns that it has a site suffering from environmental property damage, “profit” is the last thing on that company’s mind. Rather, the terms that company is more likely thinking about in this situation are those like losses, risk, environmental agency […]

Source: http://www.afro.com, March 16,2 016 By: Deborah Bailey In Flint – it’s in the water. In Baltimore –it’s in the walls.  The lead paint legacy of Baltimore’s poor and predominately Black neighborhoods is a long and tragic story unfolding in plain sight before our eyes. “Every single poor child who lives in a rental property […]