Source: AXA XL Curtain walls A curtain wall is an exterior façade wall system that is attached to a building structure, often serving as a weather  barrier, but is not a structurally load-bearing building component. Demand for increasingly ornate, intricately  designed and energy efficient curtain wall systems in today’s construction market has grown dramatically and […]

Source: AXA XL Gypsum Cement Gypsum cement is an effective pourable underlayment available to contractors worldwide, commonly used in an  array of residential and commercial vertical building applications. Gypsum cement is often used as an alternative to  standard concrete, given its faster curing times, lighter weight, on-site mixing, and self-leveling properties. Potential Concerns Lack of […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, April 29, 2022 By: Gina M. Foran, William J. Baron and Philip R. Matthews, Duane Morris LLP Duane Morris lawyers helped secure a victory at the California Court of Appeal when the court held Tuesday that ConAgra’s insurers have no duty to indemnify ConAgra against a public nuisance action in which ConAgra was […]

Source: AXA XL Cold storage Cold storage is traditional construction turned inside out. Instead of designing to keep heat in during cold weather,  cold storage units are designed to keep heat out. It is estimated that cold storage units are used to store  approximately USD 200 billion of frozen or refrigerated food products every year. […]

Source: https://www.pewtrusts.org/, April 28, 2022 By: Erika Bolstad Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires in Oregon’s history by sheltering overnight in a river with a patio chair. So there was never any question that Myron would rebuild his home in Oregon’s Santiam Canyon after the […]

Source: https://wpln.org/, April 26, 2022 By: Caroline Eggers The Tennessee House just passed its latest preemption bill that’s designed to help fossil fuel companies build new infrastructure like pipelines. The bill passed 68-25 on Monday, and it’s expected to be signed by Gov. Bill Lee within the next two weeks. The legislation preempts local governments from taking […]

Source: https://press-herald.com/, April 22, 2022 By: Amber McDown The Department of Environmental Quality was canvasing the Pennsylvania Avenue area on Friday morning distributing notices regarding contaminants detected in the vicinity. Subsurface samples of soil gas were collected recently in a utility right-of-way area near the old Imperial dry cleaning building on the corner of Pennsylvania […]

Source: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/, April 22, 2022 By: Christina Lieffring In Wisconsin, much of the discussions around water quality have been focused on contaminants including lead and PFAS. But George Kraft, UW-Stevens Point emeritus professor and emeritus director of the Center for Watershed Science and Education, says his biggest concerns looking to the future are nitrates and […]

Source: https://www.costar.com/, April 21, 2022 By: Randyl Drummer Commercial property insurance rates are on the rise, spurred in part by billions of dollars in damage from floods and fires linked to climate change, posing economic challenges for some businesses and prompting investors to reassess purchases in areas where risk is increasing. Mounting losses from flooding, […]

Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/, April 22, 2022 By: Elana Ashati Jefferson There are industries for which environmental and pollution liability exposures are obvious: Think petroleum refining, storage and transportation or chemical manufacturing and distribution. “Pollution used to be a really niche coverage,” says Michael Padula, head of the U.S. environmental practice at Aspen Insurance Holdings. “But now we’re […]

Source: https://www.crossingbroad.com/, April 19, 2022 By: Anthony SanFilippo Two longtime Philadelphia Flyers athletic trainers, who have worked side-by-side at the team’s training facility in Voorhees, N.J. for the past 18 years, are suing team ownership, among others, after receiving similar medical diagnoses that they allege came from a work environment in which they were unknowingly […]

Source: https://nypost.com/, April 19, 2022 By: Ariel Zilber General Electric should foot the bill for the estimated $22 billion it would cost to rehabilitate a 200-mile-long stretch of the Hudson River due to the company’s decades-long contamination of the New York state waterway, according to an environmental group. Scenic Hudson, the Hudson Valley-based nongovernmental organization, released […]