Source: Connecticut Post, August 5, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The Board of Estimate and Taxation voted Thursday night to release $1.3 million from the Greenwich High School auditorium project to address contaminated soil found last month during a parking lot expansion. An additional $152,000 for environmental testing will have to come from the school district, […]

Source: International Herald Tribune, August 5, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Critics of drilling method find it hard to get access to energy firms records. For decades, oil and gas industry executives as well as regulators have maintained that a drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, that is used for most natural gas wells […]

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com, August 3, 2011 By: Federico Negro Last week I had the pleasure of presenting our work on the construction of the Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame by Trahan Architects at the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) BIM Forum in Chicago. The event is meant to “facilitate and accelerate the adoption of […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, August 3, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com –Filed settlement might help to clean up century-old pollution –Companies involved include W.R. Grace, which will pay when it exits Chapter 11 –Proposed settlement calls for $300,000 in groundwater projects and $575,000 in other fish and wildlife projects DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Massachusetts officials filed […]

Source: http://poststar.com, August 2, 2011 By: Lydia Wheeler The state has reached a settlement with the owners of a Kingsbury junkyard and the owner of a company that crushed cars at the site over environmental damage caused by pollution from the junkyard operations, the state Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday. Under the settlement, James Marro, […]

Source: Business Wire, August 2, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com Chartis has expanded NextGen Protection, a suite of environmental insurance solutions offered through its Environmental division, to further meet the needs of the project contractor. The latest product in the NextGen Protection suite is CPL ProjectProtectSM, which has been designed as a comprehensive environmental insurance solution to help […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, July 25, 2011 By: Tony Illia The future of the Las Vegas Strip’s Harmon Hotel remains clouded by competing claims over the unfinished building’s structural soundness. Released on July 11, an engineering report commissioned by owner MGM Resorts International says construction defects in the 28-story tower are “so pervasive and varied … that […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, August 1, 2011 (From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) At a time when creating jobs is one of the nation’s top priorities, most tallies agree that the recent boom in gas drilling has put more people to work in Pennsylvania. But just how many new jobs the surge has generated in […]

Read here about a construction accident in Rhode Island that caused sewage to spill into a nearby river.

Source: http://www.tampabay.com, June 30, 2009 By: Rich Shopes The agency operating the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway approved a settlement Monday to recover nearly $75 million after an elevated section of the road collapsed during construction five years ago. The settlement, which comes nearly four years after the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority sued general engineering consultant […]

Read here about a city in Wisconsin that has agreed to pay $270,000 to settle an asbestos lawsuit.

Source: http://jg-tc.com, July 29, 2011 By: Rob Stroud The owner of a former neighborhood grocery store set for demolition has voiced concerns that a contractor hired by the city is improperly removing asbestos from there. The owner of contractor Triple A Asbestos has responded that his crews are meeting all state and federal guidelines. Their […]