Source: https://www.courthousenews.com/, February 23, 2024 By: Sam Ribakoff The city of San Diego is suing a local developer after it says the developer dumped contaminated soil in a local landfill. The complaint, filed on Thursday in San Diego Superior Court, claims that Manchester Financial Group and a subcontractor, AMG Demolition & Environmental Service, breached their […]

Source: https://denvergazette.com/, February 24, 2024 By: Scott Weiser More than 400 residents of Superior’s Rock Creek subdivision filed a lawsuit against neighboring Jefferson County, owner of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, complaining that noise and alleged pollution from leaded aviation fuel are affecting their well-being and devaluing their homes. The residents of the subdivision claim […]

Source: https://www.ehn.org/, February 12, 2024 More than 50 individuals have reported cancer diagnoses after working in Poe Hall at NC State, where PCBs, known carcinogens, have been found. Keely Arthur reports for WRAL. In short: More than 50 people have contacted WRAL News about their cancer diagnoses, which they believe are linked to working in Poe […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, February 15, 2024 By: MIchael Jefferson, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Is an Owner Controlled Insurance Program right for you? Developers and owners often find that obtaining insurance coverage for their construction projects can be confusing and unnecessarily complicated. When dealing with construction projects in excess of $50 million, an Owner Controlled Insurance Program […]

Source: https://canada.constructconnect.com/, February 20, 2024 By: Jean Sorensen The City of Vancouver has filed a notice of claim in B.C. Supreme Court against three contractors for what it is alleging to be defects and deficiencies in rehabilitation work on the Granville Bridge carried out between 2019 and 2021. The three defendants are Associated Engineering Ltd., Graham […]

Source: https://grist.org/, February 20, 2024 By: Naveena Sadasivam The Inflation Reduction Act, the 2021 U.S. climate law abbreviated IRA, primarily reduces emissions through financial incentives, rather than binding rules. But in addition to all its well-known carrots, lawmakers quietly included a smaller number of sticks — particularly when it comes to the potent greenhouse gas methane, […]

Source: https://www.mlive.com/, February 12, 2024 By: Garret Ellison An electroplating chemical spill which turned a metro Detroit creek a bright shade of turquoise contained toxic PFAS and heavy metals but the pollution was not concentrated enough to pose a significant health risk, say regulators, The Bear Creek drain in Warren is running clear again after a water […]

Source: https://bankerandtradesman.com/, February 6, 2024 By: Steve Adams Developers of State Street Corp.’s new headquarters say design flaws that failed to take into account Boston’s frigid winters forced them to sacrifice leasable space and drove up project costs. The 1.1 million-square-foot One Congress tower opened last fall on a portion of the Government Center garage […]

Source: https://www.northjersey.com/, February 6, 2024 By: Colleen Wilson The engineer who oversaw NJ Transit’s Portal North Bridge project accused the agency of ignoring his whistleblower concerns about the new bridge’s design, which he alleges led to retaliation and discrimination, says a recently filed lawsuit. Within months of his hiring at NJ Transit in 2021, Mohammed […]

Source: https://www.npr.org/, February 7, 2024 By: Alejandra Borunda When Cynthia Pinto-Cabrera developed asthma at 12, it didn’t seem that unusual to her. Lots of her classmates in California’s San Joaquin Valley carried inhalers to school. Her little brother needed a nebulizer every morning just to start his day breathing right. But when she left the […]

Source: https://plusblog.org/ In this continuous blog series, PLUS teams up with experienced industry professionals to explore the most recent market trends. In this edition, we highlight Craig Kavanagh, partner at Manire Galla Curley LLP. Throughout our conversation with Craig, he shared valuable perspectives on trends and risks in the professional liability market, sharing a distinctive […]

Source: https://www.npr.org/, February 2, 2024 By: Ayana Archie The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing that nine PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” be categorized as hazardous to human health. The EPA signed a proposal Wednesday that would deem the chemicals “hazardous constituents” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. For the agency to consider a […]