Source: https://www.enr.com/, October 28, 2022 By: Derek Lacey Miami Beach officials ordered the evacuation of the 14-story Port Royale Condominium building on Oct. 27, after a structural engineer determined the 50-year-old building to be unsafe due to the deflection of a reinforced concrete beam, and other damage, in the third-floor garage. Shoring is expected to […]

Source: https://www.constructionbusinessowner.com/, October 27, 2022 By: Mitch Cohen The design-bid-build project delivery method has dominated the construction landscape for many years. Under this methodology, contractors commonly bid on fully completed designs drawn to code with cost estimates, specification guidelines, material recommendations and other pertinent details already included in the planning. The design documents are developed […]

Source: https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/, October 19, 2022 By: Amy Rock An independent report has confirmed earlier findings that there is significant radioactive contamination at a St. Louis-area elementary school. In August, Boston Chemical Data Corporation studied soil, dust, and plant samples at Jana Elementary School after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers detected radioactive contaminants near the […]

Source: https://www.thepress.net/, October 27, 2022 By: Melissa van Ruiten Hazardous materials cleanup has begun at the long-vacant Delta Cleaners property in Brentwood. The building at 219 Oak St. was demolished in June of 2020, leaving behind hazardous amounts of the dry-cleaning solvents tetrachloroethene, also known as perchlorethylene (PCE), and trichloroethene (TCE) in the soil, soil […]

Source: https://www.edweek.org/, October 27, 2022 By: Mark Lieberman In late August 2020, Beth Fialko-Casey pulled into the parking lot at Burlington High School in Vermont for her first day back to in-person teaching since the pandemic began. But as the English teacher and president of the local teachers’ union stepped out of her car, she […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, October 27, 2022 By: Drew Rothman and Mitch Cohen Wood framing is a $24 billion U.S. industry that covers the “new construction, alterations, maintenance, repairs and additions” of both residential and commercial structures like mixed-use facilities, according to research from IBISWorld. Although recently impacted by the pandemic, labor and material shortages, supply chain issues and […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/, October 26, 2022>/span> Flexsteel Industries Inc. has agreed to a consent decree that requires it to pay $9.8 million for the cleanup of contamination at the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site (Lane Street Site) in Elkhart, Indiana, and to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a portion of its past […]

Source: https://www.manufacturing.net/, October 25, 2022 By: Nolan Beilstein, Eric Sorensen The release of a group of toxic chemicals called PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are used in firefighting foam, has resulted in separate lawsuits on opposite ends of the U.S. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports a town in Wisconsin named Peshtigo filed a lawsuit […]

Source: https://www.jsonline.com/, October 20, 2022 By: Laura Schulte A fire at a Michigan paper mill that jumped to a nearby warehouse caused a release of toxic “forever chemicals” into the Menominee River last week, likely impacting the drinking water for residents in Marinette. The fire started at a 70-acre warehouse space belonging to Resolute Forest […]

Source: https://www.news4jax.com/, October 18, 2022 Insurance companies that have long said they’ll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners. More than a dozen groups that track what policies insurers have on high-emissions activities say the industry is turning its […]

Source: https://greensboro.com/, October 18, 2022 By: Annette Ayres Attorney General Josh Stein has filed two new lawsuits against manufacturers of a firefighting foam, alleging that so-called forever chemicals in the foam led to contamination at two military facilities and at Piedmont Triad International Airport. “In our filing with the court, we allege that these companies […]

Source: https://vtdigger.org/, October 18, 2022 By: Patrick Crowley The Burlington School District is entering a crowded field. In announcing plans to file a lawsuit against the agrochemical company Monsanto, the district joined numerous other municipalities and individuals seeking damages for contamination caused by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a hazardous group of chemicals produced until the late 1970s. […]