Source: http://lakezurich.suntimes.com, September 5, 2013 By: Laura Pavin Community Unit School District 95 recently approved a settlement agreement with the last of the five companies whose work allegedly led to structural issues at Spencer Loomis Elementary School and Middle School North in Hawthorn Woods. Ending a six-year-old lawsuit, school board members agreed in August to […]

Source: http://www.tampabay.com, September 3, 2013 By: Anna M. Phillips Pinellas County is suing the two companies it hired years ago to design and build several water treatment facilities for Lake Seminole as part of an attempt to reduce water pollution. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 21, claims that Environmental Research and Design and Tampa Contracting Services […]

Source: Akron Beacon Journal (OH), September 4, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Carroll County is the reigning Utica shale capital of Ohio. With 319 wells permitted, Carroll represents nearly 38 percent of the 858 wells the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has approved since late 2010. Chesapeake Energy, the No. 1 driller in Ohio, staked out […]

Read here about an Illinois sand company that has reached a settlement with the EPA over air pollution violations.  

Source: Dow Jones News Service, September 4, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Safeway Inc. (SWY) has agreed to pay a penalty of $600,000 and spend around $4.1 million to reduce its emissions of ozone-depleting substances and resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act, U.S. officials said. The supermarket company was accused of violating the […]

Source: The Telegraph, Nashua, NH, September 4, 2013 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The state is suing Shell Oil Co. for allegedly taking money that it wasn’t entitled to for oil spill cleanups and then suing its own insurance company for costs the state already had paid. Attorney General Joseph Foster announced the suit, filed in Merrimack […]

Source: http://www.foxnews.com, September 3, 2013 A British property developer said Tuesday it was investigating after rays deflected by a skyscraper melted the side of a businessman’s luxury Jaguar car. Londoners have been shielding their eyes from the blinding glare reflected from the glass facade of 20 Fenchurch Street — nicknamed the Walkie Talkie because of […]

Single prime design delivery system for the renovation and expansion of a public medical center facility. Due to multiple conflicts between the structural, MEP and architectural drawings, and the submission of several hundred requests for information (“RFIs”) by the contractor, the project was delayed more than one year and experienced substantial budgetary overruns. Owner claim […]

Multiple prime design delivery system for the renovation of a physician’s private office space to accommodate MRI equipment and a “clean room” for lab analysis. Structural plans failed to account for the load presented by the MRI equipment, resulting in overstress of floor joints and deflection of walls on lower floors. “Clean Room” was not […]

Single prime design delivery system for construction of a new dental school facility associated with a University. University made claim against the architect alleging design errors relating to structural steel; Life Safety Code violations; non-insulated pipe failures;  failure to properly staff project; failure to perform contract administration duties; lost value engineering opportunities; and project delay. […]

Design-Build delivery system for new state-of-the-art medical diagnostic and treatment center project. Project experienced significant cost overruns and delay due to design errors in the HVAC, MEP and structural steel plans and failure to coordinate design with original owner-specified equipment. Claim amount exceeded the available design professional insurance.  

Multiple prime design delivery system for a private hospital expansion project. Plans called for separate HVAC units for each hospital room, rather than a centralized HVAC system. The compartmentalized cooling system led to inconsistent humidity levels, and the development of mold in certain HVAC units due to condensation. Owner claim against the design team for […]