Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, September 19, 2024 By: Philip DeVencentis The borough has settled part of a class-action lawsuit with a leading manufacturer of firefighting foam, and the recouped money will go toward the cost of removing chemicals from the public water supply. Officials said they will receive about $180,000 through the deal with Tyco Fire Products […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, September 11, 2024 By: Jon Campisi Regulators have stepped up efforts to mitigate occupational exposure to silica dust and the costly treatment of lung diseases often associated with stone-cutting fabrication work. In August, eight years after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a silica standard providing safeguards for workers, the agency […]

Source: https://www.kqed.org/, September 14, 2024 By: Pien Huang Yorba Linda is a small, sunny city southeast of Los Angeles. It’s perhaps best known for being the birthplace of President Richard Nixon. But in the past few years, Yorba Linda has picked up another distinction: It’s home to the nation’s largest per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) water treatment […]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/, September 10, 2024 A fourth person has died amid an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at an assisted living facility in upstate New York, health officials said Tuesday. Albany County officials announced the initial three deaths last week, among ten people who tested positive for the disease at Peregrine Senior Living at Shaker in […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, September 9, 2024 By: Jake Offenhartz An underwater tunnel that passes beneath New York City’s East River sprung a leak last Wednesday after a city contractor mistakenly drilled a hole through it, sending streams of water into the heavily used passage as officials scrambled to plug the opening and block off traffic. The […]

Source: Professional Underwriters Agency (PUA) A mechanical engineer was retained to provide mechanical and plumbing design and construction administration  services on a condominium project. The owner sought to use a specific mechanical system, which the insured was not  familiar with, for part of the project and asked the architect to hire another mechanical engineer to […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, September 5, 2024 By: Allen Laman As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage exclusions and, in some cases, declining to write liability policies at all in PFAS-exposed industries. Robin Kelliher, environmental solutions […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, September 5, 2024 By: Jen A. Miller What keeps structural engineers up at night? Most of all, it’s the pressure to accelerate construction projects and the country’s lack of infrastructure maintenance. That information comes from the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations’ recent survey of structural engineers, which found that respondents are most concerned […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, September 2, 2024 By: Kelly Potter The professional liability market for architects and engineers is continuously adapting to new trends and challenges. These shifts bring both opportunities and obstacles for brokers and design professionals. While there remains a strong interest in this sector and many insurers continue to participate, underwriters are becoming increasingly […]

Source: https://www.oswaldcompanies.com/, August 22, 2024 By: Tim Shumrick Disaster strikes. A design flaw becomes apparent during construction administration. Tempers flare between a design professional on the project and the project owner. Exasperated over the prospect of rework, a pushed-back schedule, and general disruption to project progress, the project owner files a claim against the design […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, September 3, 2024 By: Julie Strupp The New York State Thruway Authority is suing the builders of the Mario Cuomo Bridge to get them to pay for retrofitting dozens of stay cables that it says didn’t meet durability requirements, according to the lawsuit filed Aug. 22 in the New York State Supreme Court in […]

Source: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/, August 29, 2024 At approximately 9:20 a.m. Thursday, Hall County Fire Rescue, along with five units from Gainesville Fire Department, responded to a chemical leak at Predictive Food Safety on Industrial Boulevard. The incident was reported after employees at U.S. Pipe Fabrication, located across the road, experienced symptoms consistent with chemical exposure, leading […]