Source: http://www.out-law.com What is BIM? Building Information Modelling (BIM) uses software to create a model of a building that reacts to change in the way that the real building would. It is designed to make an integrated and collaborative approach to construction possible. Some users use BIM systems as advanced Computer Aided Design (CAD), others as […]

Source: http://www.star-telegram.com, January 13, 2012 By: Jack Z. Smith A Parker County couple who sued Range Resources last year over water well contamination say their well was infiltrated with methane as a result of improper casing and cementing of two of the company’s natural gas wells, according to documents filed in court. Fort Worth-based Range […]

Source: http://hamptonroads.com, January 16, 2012 By: Corinne Reilly Inspections of privately managed military housing have confirmed residents’ complaints about mold and moisture problems, although both the Navy and the management company contend the issue is a maintenance problem, not a public health concern. Nonetheless, last week, a Richmond-based attorney who has signed on to represent […]

Source: http://www.onlinesentinel.com, January 14, 2012 By: Doug Harlow Company looking for alternative disposal plan for contaminated soil The C.N. Brown Oil Co. has withdrawn its plans to spread petroleum-contaminated soil on dairy farmland on West Ridge Road. In an email to several people who have expressed interest in the project, Andrew Flint, an environmental specialist […]

Source: http://www.sfgate.com, January 14, 2012 By: Peter Fimrite A Menlo Park sanitary district has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a long-running lawsuit accusing the utility of spilling tens of thousands of gallons of sewage into creeks and sloughs that drain into San Francisco Bay. The West Bay Sanitary District, which was found liable […]

Read here about low levels of asbestos that have been found in wood chips being sold by a Montana Superfund Site for use in landscaping.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com, January 10, 2012 By: Lena H. Sun An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Wisconsin has been linked to a decorative water wall in a hospital lobby, according to a study published Tuesday that suggested the popular architectural feature can pose dangers in a health-care setting, especially for people with weakened immune systems. In […]

Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com, January 10, 2012 By: Jared Shelly State regulators have asked for a moratorium on injection wells from fracking. Opponents of hydraulic fracturing often vehemently declare that the natural gas drilling process leads to unsafe drinking water in homes around fracking sites — sometimes the water is so gaseous it can be lit on […]

Source: National Real Estate Investor, January 9, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com When sustainability standards for commercial buildings were introduced in the mid-1990s, contractors were often expected to provide guarantees that the property would receive certification for the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) or Energy Star. But since professionals […]

Source: http://www.theolympian.com, January 10, 2012 By: John Dodge Plaza project: Total cost almost $5 million; spring opening targeted Environmental cleanup costs associated with the East Bay Plaza project totaled nearly $340,000, according to LOTT Clean Water Alliance officials. The 0.74-acre plaza between LOTT’s WET Science Center and the Hands On Children’s Museum on Olympia Avenue […]

Source: http://www.courierpostonline.com, January 9, 2012 By: Eileen Stilwell The U.S. Department of Environmental Protection has filed a civil lawsuit against a Philadelphia contractor for improperly removing asbestos from a commercial building in Gibbstown. The suit charges Lovett Contracting of Northeast Philadelphia with removing approximately 3,000 feet of asbestos insulation from above-ground piping and tossing it […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, January 10, 2012 By: Travis Fedschun/The Jersey Journal The Jersey Journal Jersey City firefighters and PSE&G crews responded to a gas main leak yesterday at 900 Garfield Ave. after a contractor mistakenly struck and ruptured the line, fire officials said. The gas line, located just east of Garfield and Dakota avenues, was punctured […]