Source: http://www.rmmagazine.com, February 2, 2015 By: Jeff Slivka As the U.S. economy continues to grow, all signs point to a slow and steady recovery of the commercial construction industry as well. Last year, studies such as the “Commercial Building Construction Market Research Report” from IBISWorld predicted five years of “robust revenue growth for commercial construction […]

Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com, January 5, 2015 By: Joseph Boren, Ironshore Holdings (U.S.) Inc. In October 1973, the U.S. experienced a major energy crisis. Initiated by an OPEC oil embargo, Americans were left scrambling to try and deal with a sudden and severe fuel shortage that seemed to go on forever. Gas was rationed to 10 gallons […]

Source: http://www.timesunion.com, February 2, 2015 By: Brian Nearing DEC to monitor hazardous chemicals near Loudon Plaza An underground plume of dangerous dry-cleaning chemicals from beneath a strip mall is not threatening the nearby Memorial Hospital or an apartment complex, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The DEC is proposing a $1.4 million plan […]

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com, February 2, 2015 By: Teresa Auch Schultz The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority wants the former owners of annexed land to pay almost $2 million and possibly more to clean up the property. The authority filed a lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond against Anthony Zaleski Jr. and a land trust […]

Source: http://sfbayview.com, February 1, 2015 By: Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. “Parcel A never underwent a full cleanup as required by the federal Superfund Act and was transferred with a litany of residual contaminants from lead and asbestos in buildings to arsenic, metals, motor oil and breakdown products of diesel in soil and groundwater.” This is […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2015 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com Exide Technologies is in trouble again with state environmental regulators who on Wednesday cited the Vernon battery recycler for eight hazardous-waste violations. Inspections last week by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found the lead-acid battery recycling plant […]

Great article discussing Jeff Slivka’s presentation titled “Insuring Project Owners’ Professional Liability Risks” at the 34th annual IRMI Construction Risk Conference.  Read more here.

Source: http://www.lexology.com, January 28, 2015 By: Adam F. Florey, Bricker & Eckler LLP Proper insurance is a crucial risk management tool for contractors, design professionals and project owners. Each is generally required by contract, statute, or sense of self-preservation, to purchase and maintain appropriate insurance coverage. Since everyone has insurance, it is easy to assume […]

Source: http://www.ashlandwi.com, January 28, 2015 By: Rick Olivo Xcel Energy has reached a $10.5 million settlement with a pair of railroad companies who are among the entities named in a lawsuit filed by Xcel asserting they share responsibility for contamination on the Ashland waterfront caused by activities that include a manufactured gas plant that operated […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, January 27, 2015 By: Samantha Marcus The state Supreme Court today ruled that under the state’s Spill Act, someone cleaning up environmental contamination can go after anyone responsible for the pollution to pay the bill at any time, without having to worry about a statute of limitations. In its unanimous decision in Morristown […]

Source: http://liherald.com, January 28, 2015 By: Mary Malloy A work plan to clean up contaminated soil in East Rockaway was scheduled to start this week, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Under New York State’s Brownfield Cleanup program, the work to address the contamination will be done at the Minute Man […]

Source: http://swtimes.com, January 28, 2015 By: Chad Hunter Meeting with a Whirlpool Corp. representative and environmental consultant Tuesday, Fort Smith leaders posed questions about cleanup efforts at the closed, contaminated plant on Jenny Lind Road. Whirlpool spokesman Jeff Noel and Mike Ellis, a civil engineer with Environ, met with the Fort Smith Board of Directors […]