Source: Beazley, PRO Newsletter, Summer 2014 Facts: Our insured, an engineering firm, was retained by a bridge designer to provide geotechnical engineering services in connection with a bridge project in Vermont. Our insured carried Environmental Media Tech Insurance – which addressed not only its contractor’s pollution liability, but also its professional liability exposure – all […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, June 23, 2014 By: Judy Greenwald Two design flaws in construction of a City University of New York building entitle the building’s owner, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, to two separate limits of liability, says an appeals court, in upholding a lower court ruling that the two claims were […]

Source: http://www.sfgate.com, June 6, 2014 By: Randall Chase An engineer who first noticed that columns supporting a major interstate highway bridge in Delaware were tilting said he visited the site shortly after the bridge was closed and saw that they had shifted even farther. The account of geotechnical engineer Dave Charles in an interview Thursday with […]

Source: http://www.bendbulletin.com, December 22, 2013 By: Shelby R. King Lawsuit alleges Clear Choice building in Bend was poorly designed, constructed A company that owns the building housing a Bend health care provider is suing a local construction company and a local architectural firm for up to $3.5 million each, claiming the design and construction of […]

Source: http://www.mondaq.com, October 25, 2013 By: Scott Hennigh, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton Typically an architect is liable under its contract to the owner if it negligently creates a defective design. But whether an architect is liable for the effects of a defective design on parties with whom it has no contract has traditionally been […]

Source: http://www.delmarvanow.com, October 27, 2013 By: Beth Miller The state Department of Transportation announced Friday it had reached settlement with two engineering firms it sued for losses in an ill-fated Indian River Inlet bridge project that was mired in problems for years. Delaware will get $5.25 million from the two firms — $5 million from […]

Source: http://southeast.construction.com, May 2005 By: Scott Judy Dealing With Problems, Agency Pushes Accountability One day after a major rainstorm in January 2004, construction crews discovered evidence of cracking on some of the piers of the nearly completed $60 million Memorial Causeway Bridge in Clearwater, Fla. Further investigation revealed deep cracks penetrating more than halfway through […]

Source: http://www.wileyrein.com, September 18, 2013 The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, applying New Jersey law, has held that a policy provision requiring written consent of the insurer in order for claims expenses incurred by the policyholder to be reimbursed is unambiguous. Paulus Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC v. Cont’l Cas. Co., […]

Source: http://www.tampabay.com, September 3, 2013 By: Anna M. Phillips Pinellas County is suing the two companies it hired years ago to design and build several water treatment facilities for Lake Seminole as part of an attempt to reduce water pollution. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 21, claims that Environmental Research and Design and Tampa Contracting Services […]

Source: http://www.kansascity.com, August 7, 2013 By: Kevin Collison The owner of the private Branson Airport is accusing Burns & McDonnell and three other firms of designing and building a $70 million runway foundation that partially collapsed just two years after the facility opened in 2009. Branson Airport LLC, which operates what’s described as the nation’s […]

Source: http://www.spiegel.de, August 12, 2013 By: Frank Patalong The 47-story luxury In Tempo tower in Benidorm, Spain was hyped as the tallest residential building in the European Union. Now a series of construction snafus — including an inadequate elevator shaft — have turned it into a national embarrassment. It should have been the pride of […]

Source: http://www.gazette.net, July 9, 2013 By: Kara Rose Leggett said county was cleared to begin work on concrete slabs Monday County Executive Isiah Leggett said Monday night that he took full responsibility for the delayed opening of the troubled Silver Spring Transit Center, also announcing work to fix the center will start within a week. […]