Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, August 21, 2024 By; Nish Amarnath As environmental regulations for commercial buildings and properties tighten across the U.S., green leases and technologies offer owners and operators opportunities to reduce their portfolios’ carbon footprints, generate cost savings and further align with ESG goals. Challenges with monitoring and managing scope 3 emissions, however, continue to pose […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com/, August 21, 2024 By: Sebastian Obando The importance of an effective preconstruction process has never been more apparent, said Brett Poulos, national director of preconstruction and estimating at Burns & McDonnell, a Kansas City, Missouri-based construction company. Construction input prices increased again in July largely due to price hikes in petroleum and natural […]

Source: https://abc7.com/, August 20, 2024 The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $20.8 million to fix issues at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant and to complete related environmental projects linked to the discharge of millions of gallons of wastewater into Santa Monica Bay in 2021, officials announced Tuesday. Hyperion, the city’s oldest and […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2024/08/16/788623.htm, August 16, 2024 By: Andrew G. Simpson A home builder is not covered under the property damage coverage in its commercial liability policy for construction defects for which it was responsible. A three-judge panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court has held for the first time that “construction defects, standing alone, do not constitute […]

Source: https://www.cnet.com/, August 19, 2024 By: Omar Gallaga Predictions that wind and solar energy in the US would eventually overtake coal in terms of how much energy is produced in a year appear to have finally come true. For the first time, it appears that solar and wind renewables will produce more energy in the US than […]

Source: https://global.lockton.com/, August 14, 2024 Overall capacity in the environmental insurance market is robust, and pricing is generally stable for most buyers. In the face of emerging hazards and a challenging and uncertain regulatory landscape, however, insurers continue to deploy capital judiciously. Read more.

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/, August 12, 2024 By: Frantz Ward LLP Most of us involved in the construction industry are familiar with the Design-Build model of project delivery, and how it differs from the “standard” Design-Bid-Build model. But increasingly certain industries are embracing a slightly different model – the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction delivery model, or EPC […]

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/, August 11, 2024 By: Shannon Pettypiece After five decades working as a teacher and school administrator, Janet Stone envisioned a relaxing retirement in her condo overlooking Florida’s Atlantic coast. Instead, she’s gone back to work teaching preschoolers with disabilities and living with her son in Las Vegas to pay off a $100,000 bill […]

Source: Professional Underwriters Agency (PUA) A civil engineering firm that provided professional services for a highway improvement project was named as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit concerning a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on the highway. While the civil  engineering firm’s liability was vigorously contested, following discovery and as the matter approached […]

Source: https://www.epa.gov/, August 6, 2024 Today, Aug. 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the emergency suspension of all registrations of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This is the first time in almost 40 years EPA has taken this type of emergency action, […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com/, August 1, 2024 By: Ahlia Bethea and Elizabeth Knauer, Sive Paget & Riesel PC 2024 has already been a banner year for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the federal level; unsurprisingly, these efforts are eliciting legal challenges from regulated entities. CERCLA On April 19, 2024, the EPA issued a final […]

Source: https://www.phillyvoice.com/, August 2, 2024 By: Kristin Hunt Hexavalent chromium, a substance known to cause cancer, was found in four soil samples taken from the public trail at Bartram’s Garden last week. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection officials shared the results on a virtual town hall Wednesday night. DEP collected 11 soil samples from along the trail […]