Source: https://www.nbcmiami.com/, June 1, 2026 A construction worker died after a column fell at the future site of a luxury skyscraper in downtown Miami on Monday, officials said. The incident happened at the site of the Okan Tower on North Miami Avenue near 6th Street. According to Miami Police officials, a structural column that was […]

Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/, July 11, 2026 By: Conrad Swanson Federal regulators will force the removal of toxic, highly corrosive chemicals from a defunct and leaking pulp mill along the Chehalis River, officials confirmed this week. Either Richard Bassett, the U.K. businessman who owns Cosmo Specialty Fibers, must start removing vast quantities of these chemicals from the site this month […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, July 10, 2026 By: Joe Bousquin The order follows an April ruling on the same project that awarded Chestle Development approximately $174.6 million in damages from Tutor Perini for delays stemming from defective concrete work during construction. Tutor Perini was awarded a $239 million contract to build the hotel in 2015. The 51-story, 755-room building opened […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, July 8, 2026 By: Natalie Wong The structural concerns that led New York City officials to shut down a Midtown Manhattan high-rise and evacuate surrounding buildings are “very small,” said Nathan Berman, the chief executive officer of Metro Loft, which is leading the project to convert the historic Pfizer building into apartments. Two […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, July 8, 2026 By: Zachary Phillips Crews from New York City managed to reach the 21st floor and begin work to shore up the buckled columns, New York City Department of Buildings Commissioner Commissioner Ahmed Tigani said in a press conference late Tuesday night. “We are feeling confident that many of the emergency […]

Source: https://abc7ny.com/, July 7, 2026 Several floors of a Midtown Manhattan office building that’s under construction are caving in on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of several adjacent buildings and street closures. A structural column buckled on the 21st floor and additional structural issues were subsequently discovered, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. “The building remains unstable,” Mamdani […]

Source: https://www.wilentz.com/, May 29, 2026 By: Lynn M. Kizis and Philip A. Tortoreti In Keyport, New Jersey, ongoing concerns about cancer cases have left many residents wondering who could potentially be held responsible if environmental contamination is involved. While a direct connection between any specific source and reported cases has not been confirmed, toxic exposure […]

Source: https://www.audacy.com/, July 6, 2026 By: Kristen Johanson The families of three long-time Philadelphia police officers who died from brain cancer are suing the owner of the building where they worked. They claim the officers got sick from highly toxic chemicals at the Frankford Arsenal. Just last month, former narcotics officer Joe Cooney died of […]

Source: https://news.ssbcrack.com/, July 5, 2026 The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) has traced a discharge that introduced the bacterium Cupriavidus gilardii into the city’s wastewater treatment system back to Goat Systems LLC, a contractor for Meta’s data center campus under construction in the High Plains Business Park. Frank Strong, the engineering and water resource […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/. July 6, 2026 By: Andrew G. Simpson The New York City Health Department is investigating a cluster of 18 cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the Upper East Side neighborhoods of Carnegie Hill and Yorkville. The city reports there have been no deaths associated with this cluster. Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia. […]

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/, June 30, 2026 By: Alexandra Simon, Kerri Corrado Shelter-in-place and evacuation orders have been lifted after a train derailment in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The train was traveling east when about 16 train cars derailed, Bensalem Public Safety Director Bill McVey said during a press conference. The train had a total […]

Source: https://www.chemistryworld.com/,June 30. 2026 By:James Urquhart Painted surfaces in the built environment will likely pose a delayed environmental risk from harmful per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) decades down the line, according to a new study. The researchers showed that painted surfaces act like a long-lived reservoir, gradually releasing PFAS into the environment across their lifetime, […]