New Day Underwriting Managers was asked by our retail broker to review the current policy for an insured that acted as an owner’s representative for their clients to ensure that their construction projects were completed on schedule and within budget. The insured worked with many higher profile clients and projects. The current insurance program included […]

New Day was asked by one of our clients to assess a combined Pollution Liability (PL)/ Contractor’s Pollution Liability (CPL) program for an international construction firm which they controlled. New Day provided the assessment to the client and discussed the major issues including, among others: Lack of occurrence-based CPL coverage Lack of rectification coverage Lack […]

Source: http://www.contracostatimes.com, July 7, 2011 By:  Joshua Melvin A couple claims Burlingame Vice Mayor Jerry Deal — and the engineer he hired — botched plans for a residential expansion so badly that the homeowners ended up spending an extra $500,000 in order to finish the project, according to a lawsuit they filed in San Mateo […]

Source: http://www.nj.com, July 8, 2011 By: Jean-Pierre Mestanza An appeals court has shot down a lower court’s ruling that awarded the town roughly $900,000 in a lawsuit against the architectural firm that designed a facility for the police and fire departments that has been condemned due to shoddy construction. The police and fire facility, located […]

Source: http://www.chron.com, July 1, 2011 By: Katherine Feser A Houston construction company that embraces virtual technology to cut costs has grabbed a piece of a $1.2 billion project to renovate a New York City airport. The 22-year-old Satterfield & Pontikes Construction is using computer modeling as part of a Delta Air Lines project to renovate […]

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com, July 5, 2011 By: Phil Rogers Project that started in 2003 to be completed in 2007 still isn’t done If O’Hare International Airport is Chicago’s front porch, the site which has greeted visitors for the last eight years has hardly been welcoming: unsightly wooden boxes, topping graffiti-marred pillars in front of the main […]

Source: http://www.spokesman.com, July 5, 2011 By John Stucke A legal fight over an $8 million pollution cleanup at the Kendall Yards housing development near downtown Spokane has been settled. The lawsuit didn’t threaten current homebuilding on the 77-acre site along the north bank of the Spokane River. Rather, it was a dispute involving a company […]

Read here about a new threat of danger in a Montana asbestos town.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com, July 5, 2011 By: Jason Gallagher Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas along the Marcellus Shale deposit in Pennsylvania is one of the most controversial topics in the state. One of the factors that influence the anti-fracking crowd is the waste water that is generated from the process. Earlier this year, due […]

Read here about two coal companies in Kentucky previously fined for violations of the Clean Water Act continue to break this law.

Source: http://articles.boston.com, June 30, 2011 By: Johanna Seltz Federal cleanup crews in protective gear are scheduled to start digging up contaminated soil from yards in a residential Milton neighborhood this week. The work is the second phase of a project aimed at removing soil laced with lead and arsenic from state-owned land along the Neponset […]

Source: Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A Van Nuys metal-plating business has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to settle charges that it mishandled hazardous waste. Inspectors from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Los Angeles County Fire Department found that Crown Chrome Plating, a division of TMW Corp., a supplier […]