Source: https://www.theadvocate.com/, April 20, 2022 By: David J. Mitchell Olin Corp. has ended its immediate response efforts to a chlorine leak that had forced residents in Plaquemine to shelter in their homes for about three hours Monday night and closed local roads. Company officials said Wednesday morning that their air monitoring has confirmed “there is […]

Source: https://www.aiacontracts.org/ By: Sara M. Bour, Esq. Offsite construction has numerous benefits. Compared to traditional construction, it can bring efficient practices, new technologies, and increased safety to a project. Another benefit to offsite and modular construction is their reduction in construction and demolition. Environmentally sustainable practices are inherent in many modular delivery systems, typically resulting […]

Source: https://www.aiacontracts.org/, March 31, 2022 By: Jessyca Henderson, Esq. Materials are fundamental to sustainable construction practices, from sourcing to installation to deconstruction and reuse or recycling. In 2016, the AIA released its report, Materials transparency & risk for architects: An introduction to advancing professional ethics while managing professional liability risks, to guide architects in understanding the need […]

Source: https://www.law.com, April 14, 2022 By: John Ellison, Jessica Kraus and Michael Merlo Litigation over PFAS in the United States has been headline inducing. As companies that manufacture PFAS or use PFAS in the manufacturing of other end products are strapped with extraordinarily large verdicts and settlements, many will need to turn to their insurance […]

Source: https://www.marinij.com/, April 16, 2022 By: Richard Halstead A Marin County jury has rejected a lawsuit by the owners of the St. Vincent’s School for Boys property seeking compensation for polluted groundwater in San Rafael. Catholic Charities CYO of the Archdiocese of San Francisco sued the owners of the Marinwood Plaza Shopping Center, and various […]

Source: https://www.informnny.com/, April 14, 2022 By: Isabella Colello A chemical manufacturing company based in New York has received severe penalties from the Department of Environmental Conservation. According to DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos, two Orders of Consent were executed with SHHPP US, LLC, known as “SABIC,” in Selkirk, New York on April 13. This included $322,500 […]

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/, April 15, 2022 By: Stefanos Chen Hero, a new 22-story condominium building in Long Island City, Queens, promised luxury: tall ceilings, high-end appliances and Spanish oak cabinetry in every apartment. Amenities would include a yoga studio, a gym, a pet spa, a roof deck “sky lounge” and a Zen garden. But since it […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, April 13, 2022 By: Jam,es D. Brussla, Levenfeld PearsteinLLC Though climate change dominates headlines during Earth Month, health experts (and lawyers) are increasingly concerned about a ubiquitous group of chemicals known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). The few people who have heard of PFAS were probably introduced to them through the 2019 […]

Source: https://dailyvoice.com/, April 12, 2022 By: Nicole Valinote Northrop Grumman has agreed to pay $35 million to the United States for environmental cleanup costs related to a former plant on Long Island. The payment resolves a civil lawsuit brought by the US against the aerospace and defense technology company, according to an announcement on Tuesday, […]

Source: https://www.benningtonbanner.com/, April 12, 2022 By: Jim Therrien Two lawsuits related to chemical contamination around a former factory on Route 346 have been filed in Bennington Superior Court Civil Division. The state Agency of Natural Resources is suing the original and current owners of the Warren Wire/General Cable plant for mitigation and other costs stemming […]

Source: https://www.washingtonian.com/, April 13, 2022 By: Marisa M. Kashin One frigid morning in January 2021, in the dead of pre-vaccine winter, Reem Sadik stared at the open ceiling of her home in DC’s Palisades neighborhood and tried to process what the construction crew was telling her. Seconds earlier, they’d discovered that a major structural beam—one […]

Source: https://www.thewesterlysun.com/, April 11, 2022 Rhode Island will get $15 million through a settlement with major oil and gas companies that allegedly polluted the state’s soil and groundwater with a gasoline additive, the attorney general announced Monday. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said the case, filed in 2016, alleged that Shell, Sunoco and Citgo, […]