Source: https://dailygazette.com, February 25, 2019 By: Stephen Williams Lawsuit seeks to recover FOA/PFOS investigation and monitoring costs The state has filed a new lawsuit against industrial conglomerate 3M and other firefighting foam manufacturers, seeking compensation for contamination at more than a dozen sites, some of them in the Capital Region. The lawsuit charges that companies made and […]

Source: https://www.care2.com, February 24, 2019 By: S.E. Smith PFAS contamination is grabbing lots of headlines this year, drawing attention to a previously little-known issue with huge stakes for many communities. These chemicals pose serious risks — as is currently on display in New Mexico, where thousands of dairy cows are set to be killed because they’re producing milk that isn’t […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com, February 25, 2019 By: Scott Fallon More than a year after it began, muddy runoff from a construction site is still seeping into a once-pristine upper Bergen County brook, raising concerns among some residents and local officials that arsenic from the property is contaminating the waterway. Engineers for Upper Saddle River and state environmental […]

The project Owner of a $100,000,000 vacation resort complex project incurred $20,000,000 in delay costs and consequential damages because the design professional failed to provide 100% completed and coordinated construction documents. The Design professionals settled for their remaining underlying policy limits of $3,400,000 and presented balance of claim under the Owners Protective Indemnity policy.

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, February 20, 2019 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: Centurion American Development Group, the new owner of the Collin Creek Mall in Plano, Texas, has revealed its plans for the property’s conversion to a $1 billion mixed-use development, The Dallas Morning News reported. Bush Architects in Addison, Texas, has created a master plan rendering of the new complex, […]

Source: https://www.grandhaventribune.com, February 21, 2019 By: Marie Havenga It will be a few more months before burgers are broiling at a new Wayback Burgers restaurant on Grand Haven’s east side. Owner Bhupinder Dhillon said when construction crews removed concrete this week after razing the former Oasis Party Store building at 541 S. Beechtree St. last Friday, they […]

Source: https://www.recordonline.com, February 21, 2019 By: Lana Bellamy The Air Force is refusing to reimburse the City of Newburgh for costs incurred from the continual cleanup at Washington Lake of toxic chemicals tied to activities at the Stewart Air National Guard Base. The Department of the Air Force advised city officials that Newburgh’s claim for […]

Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com, February 18, 2019 Minnesota health officials report investigating four recent cases of Legionnaires’ disease associated with a Crookston area hotel. Four people who became ill between Jan. 22 and Jan. 27 all reported spending some time at the Crookston Inn and Convention Center prior to their illnesses. None of the ill people were overnight […]

Source: https://www.mvtimes.com, February 15, 2019 By: George Brennan The Martha’s Vineyard Airport is bleeding money as the investigation and remediation of contamination continues. On Thursday, the airport commission authorized a $130,000 contract with Tetra Tech, the environmental firm conducting the investigation and remediation, and were told that $120,000 more will be spent on testing wells […]

Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com, February 19, 2019 By: Scott Dance Baltimore is asking a federal judge to force agriculture chemical company Monsanto to pay for cleanup of environmental toxins known as PCBs, following more than a dozen mostly West Coast cities and states that have filed similar lawsuits in recent years. The lawsuit announced Tuesday doesn’t specify […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, Environmental Insider, January 2019 By: Russ Nassof, Esq., RiskNomics LLC Both the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shared new requirements for water management programs (WMPs) as a preventive response to the rising issue of Legionnaires’ disease, a serious lung infection caused […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, Environmental Insider, January 2019 By: Jillian Walsh With the potential for a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bill on the horizon, the demand for asphalt paving projects is expected to increase as the nation’s infrastructure undergoes upgrades, improvements and new construction. Often an increase in workload results in increased potential for accidents and associated environmental […]