Source: http://californiawatch.org, February 9, 2012 By: Corey G. Johnson Under pressure from construction, architect and other industry groups, state legislators killed a bill that would have closed a loophole used by businesses to evade pollution lawsuits. Sponsored by Assemblyman Warren Furutani, D-Long Beach, AB 1207 arose out of a lawsuit in Carson, where residents discovered […]

Source: http://www.kxxv.com, February 6, 2012 By: Adam Shear The City of Hewitt is planning to remove traces of asbestos from some of their buildings that they discovered when they began a renovation project. The city found the traces of the hazardous material in the flooring of two bathrooms in their police department and in ceiling […]

Source: http://blog.al.com, February 7, 2012 By: Connie Baggett Almost a year after routine monitoring showed increased levels of arsenic and vinyl chloride in groundwater test wells at Baldwin County’s Magnolia Landfill, officials are set to approve a $33,765 investigation to find the sources. County and state officials dismissed elevated arsenic and vinyl chloride testing in […]

Source: Dow Jones News Service, February 8, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com (From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) More than 10 years after the last steelmaking operations were closed down at the Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant in Pennsylvania, its 1,800-acre site is slowly attracting new businesses. A casino operated by Las Vegas Sands Corp. opened in 2009. […]

Source: Beazley, A&E Reporter, Volume 7, Issue 1 – January 2012 In this edition of “You Asked, We Answer!” we address the question of whether a design professional should admit liability to its client if it’s obvious the design professional made a mistake on a project. From a risk management and professional liability perspective, there […]

Source: Beazley, A&E Reporter, Volume 7, Issue 1 – January 2012 New Mexico Statute Prohibits Choice of Law Provisions Design professionals performing services on projects located in New Mexico are advised that the New Mexico legislature passed House Bill 64 which enacted NMSA (1978) 57-28A-1, and applies to all construction contracts entered into on or after […]

Source: Beazley, A&E Reporter, Volume 7, Issue 1 – January 2012 By: Colleen M. Palmer, Esq. Happy New Year from Beazley Group! As we begin the new year, we take this opportunity to highlight some important case law of 2011 affecting the design and construction industry. Duty of Care: Lack of median barrier creates legal […]

Read here about work resuming at a Cleveland casino after a floor collapsed in late January.

Read here about a portion of a parking deck at a new casino in Cleveland that has collapsed.

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 2, 2012 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com An estimated 9,000 gallons of jet fuel leaked from a Shell Oil Co. pipeline at Mitchell International Airport in late January and a contractor will begin excavating near a taxiway early Friday in search of the pipe break, a Shell spokesperson said Thursday. The work […]

Source: http://www.wndu.com, January 31, 2012 By: Kevin Lewis A local woman says she’s battled pneumonia, extreme fatigue and weight loss because of toxic mold in her apartment. The battle began in Feb. 2010 when Zola Blivin, 72, moved into the Kensard Manor Apartments, located along E. 12th Street in Mishawaka. Blivin says she’s called management, […]

Source: http://www.sbsun.com, February 1, 2012 By: Jim Steinberg Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay a $3.6 million fine for violating a regulatory agency’s order to contain a plume of chromium 6 contaminated water to the boundaries known in 2008, company and regulatory officials confirmed Wednesday night. Since the third quarter of 2011, […]