Source: https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/, February 26, 2021 By: Tim Gannon Riverhead Town on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against three companies that manufactured products with poly-fluoroalkyl substances, including perfluorooctanoic and perfluorooctane sulfonic acids,  contaminants which have been found in town wells. The lawsuit — which seeks to recover the costs needed to protect the public and restore […]

Source: https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/, February 25, 2021 By: Bethan Moorcraft Architects, engineers and contractors frequently face potential liabilities that place them at considerable financial risk because of the type and quality of services they deliver to clients. While this has been the case for the design and construction industries, the past year has troubled professionals with unforeseen […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, February 23, 2021 By: Judy Greenwald While just half of architect and engineer insurers reported worsening claim results last year, all insurers expressed concerns about this trend continuing, says a survey released Tuesday. The survey of 20 insurers by McLean, Virginia-based Ames & Gough found that 73% of insurers had introduced a rate […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, February 24, 2021 Most professional liability insurers covering architects and engineers (A/E) achieved varied premium growth last year as the U.S. construction industry remained resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, worsening claims experience is prompting these insurers to seek larger rate increases, according to a survey by specialty insurance broker Ames & Gough. […]

Source: https://www.pennlive.com/, February 19, 2021 By: Wallace McKelvey One of Pennsylvania’s largest water utilities has sued 3M, DuPont and a host of other companies, alleging they knew — or should have known — that so-called “forever chemicals” they manufactured and distributed posed a hazard to the public. The lawsuit, filed by Pennsylvania American Water, is […]

Source: https://buffalonews.com/, February 22, 2021 By: Thomas J. Prohaska The state Department of Environmental Conservation has decided to go ahead with a $14 million plan to excavate arsenic-contaminated soil north and east of the FMC Corp. plant in Middleport. The company will have to pay for the remediation of lands that include farm fields, the […]

Source: https://www.local10.com/, February 18, 2021 By: Amy Viteri & Andrea Torres Munilla Construction Management was one of the companies behind the deadly Florida International University’s pedestrian bridge collapse. It has since rebranded Magnum Construction Management. Daniel Munilla, the president of the family-owned company, said he wrestles with what could have been done differently to prevent […]

Source: https://www.ajc.com/, February 22, 2021 Efforts to bring down an unstable crane teetering outside a Midtown high-rise office tower continue Monday, and the resulting road closures could last through the end of the week, construction officials said. Several blocks in Midtown are closed in the area of West Peachtree and 13th streets as crews work […]

Source: https://journalstar.com/, February 17, 2021 By: Chris Dunker The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy on Wednesday said it’s continuing to monitor the release of waste material from AltEn Ethanol near Mead after a pipe burst on a 4 million-gallon digester tank late last week. In a news release, the department said the liquid discharge […]

Source: https://www.delawarepublic.org/, February 16, 2021 By: Sophia Schmidt Delaware has another instance of PFAS pollution on its hands. The state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) signed a settlement this week with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA—a company that until last fall, operated an industrial facility along Kirkwood Highway in Marshallton.  Read more.

Source: https://www.natlawreview.com/, February 17, 2021 In the latest PFAS water utility lawsuit (PAWC Complaint – PFAS), the Pennsylvania-American Water Co. (“PAWC”) sued numerous PFAS manufacturers over allegations that the companies knowingly or negligently allowed the contamination of the drinking water in the state of Pennsylvania. Now, the PAWC alleges, it will need to spend significant […]

Source: https://kfgo.com/, February 16, 2021 Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning from a sprawling and now-defunct oil refinery once operated by Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES). Other laborers ripped asbestos from the guts of an old boiler house, part of a massive […]