Source: https://www.consensusdocs.org/, March 7, 2023 Shared with permission from Brian Perlberg, ConsesusDocs Executive Director Engineering News-Record (ENR) Magazine recently wrote a thought-provoking article entitled “Will Claims by Contractors on Big Design-Build Projects Ever End?” Progressive design-build is mentioned as a means to address some of the critiques that design-build faces today. Progressive design-build has attracted increasing usage […]

Source: https://www.enr.com/, February 8, 2023 By: Richard Korman In the annals of construction disputes, it is a blip, not a blast. After a Flatiron Construction-Zachry Group joint venture struck out on most of its arbitrated claims against engineering firm partners on the I-85/385 design-build interchange project in Greenville, S.C., and had others dismissed in court, […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, November 3, 2022 By: Julie Strupp Four out of five safety concerns that Texas DOT raised with contractor Flatiron/Dragados and engineer Arup on the new Harbor Bridge project in Corpus Christi, Texas, have been resolved, according to the agency’s website. A third-party review by International Bridge Technologies flagged the issues in April 2022. In […]

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/, March 14, 2023 By: Zoe Richards and Frank Thorp V The Biden administration announced a proposal Tuesday to reduce harmful chemicals in drinking water, the first time the federal government has suggested setting such a standard for the so-called forever chemicals. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal would limit per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, by establishing […]

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/, March 7, 2023 By: Stephen Sorace A fire inside a tank of liquid asphalt at a facility in Madison, North Carolina, on Tuesday prompted officials to evacuate residents from the nearby area as firefighters determine how to extinguish the flames. The fire broke out inside a 17,000-gallon tank that was filled with about 11,500 gallons […]

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/, March 8, 2023 By: Mike Snider Whiskey drinkers have heard about the angel’s share, the portion of the liquid magically lost in the distilling process. What many haven’t heard about is the whiskey fungus, an ugly byproduct of that process. But familiarity about the fungus is growing thanks to a recent lawsuit, which resulted […]

Source: https://www.usnews.com/, March 3, 2023 Las Vegas area health officials say Legionnaires’ disease was found in two people who stayed at the same hotel in recent months. The Southern Nevada Health District announced Friday it is looking into two cases reported in guests who stayed at The Orleans Hotel & Casino a few miles west of […]

Source: https://www.stripes.com/, March 3, 2023 By: Heather Gann Like the Birmingham Water Works, the city of Birmingham has also sued more than two dozen chemical manufacturers in South Carolina federal court over accusations of contaminating drinking water. In 2021 the city of Birmingham filed a similar case accusing the same companies of manufacturing products that contain […]

Source: https://www.101morefm.ca/, March 3, 2023 By: Linda Morgan Evertrust being sued for “deficiencies and failures” at Niagara Falls condo The developer behind the collapsed condo project in Welland is being sued by residents in a Niagara Falls condo. According to the CBC, the residents of Upper Vista Niagara Falls have filed a $10 million lawsuit […]

Source: https://www.stripes.com/, March 2, 2023 By: Heather Gann The Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) is taking multiple chemical companies to federal court in South Carolina, accusing them of contaminating Birmingham’s drinking water supply — which was never disclosed to the public before now. And despite contending in the suit that water continues to be contaminated, […]

Source: https://watercollaborativedelivery.org/, February 27, 2023 By: John Coffin Design-build contracts continue to mature and evolve in many aspects, including terms related to liability. In the world of water infrastructure delivery, design-build most often pairs a contractor and a design firm. The well-established risk management tools for these entities—developed over decades of exposure in the design-bid-build […]

Source: Liberty Mutual Insurance Over the past 2 years, microplastics have been the subject of hundreds of articles and studies discussing their  prevalence and potential impact on the environment and all forms of life The extent to which microplastics might be  harmful is currently unclear but the science is continuing to develop Furthermore, while litigation […]