Source: https://www.businessreport.com, February 4, 2019 By: Stephanie Riegel The Texas subcontractor blamed in recent court filings for the structural failure that has stalled the under-construction downtown library for nearly 10 months now is denying culpability and pointing the finger at a Mississippi engineering firm. In court documents filed January 29, Houston-based Structural Consultants Associates, Inc.—which […]

Source: https://www.theadvocate.com, January 17, 2019 By: Steve Hardy Attorneys for architectural and construction firms caught up in a lawsuit over faulty construction of the River Center Library are blaming the problems on faulty engineering design work. Work on the building has floundered since April upon a break in the welding that supports a cantilever — a […]

Source: https://www.timescolonist.com, November 3, 2018 By: Bill Cleverly The new Johnson Street Bridge is built and in use, but legal wrangling over its design and costs continue. In a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, PCL Constructors Westcoast Ltd., the company that built the bridge, maintains design information for the bridge “was not accurate and […]

Source: https://www.marinij.com, October 5, 2018 By: Richard Halstead The Marin Community College District has found itself enmeshed in a sort of Chinese box of lawsuits, as it sues the law firm it hired to sue the architectural firm it commissioned to help modernize the College of Marin campus. The district last month filed suit against […]

Source: http://www.tribtown.com, October 4, 2018 By: January Rutherford The developer of Burkart Crossing Apartments in Seymour is suing an engineering firm for “poor” design and implementation of plans for a 104-lot subdivision on the city’s northeast side. Construction of homes has yet to begin in Redbud Meadows subdivision, located on about 60 acres of property […]

Source: https://www.newtimesslo.com, September 27, 2018 By: Karen Garcia The Cambria Community Services District claims that it has accrued $3.5 million in damages and bad equipment due to faulty work by the construction company that helped build its emergency water supply facility. The lawsuit, filed on Sept. 21 against CDM Smith—a Boston-based construction and engineering company […]

Source: http://www.galesburg.com, August 6, 2018 By: Rebecca Susmarski A lawsuit the city of Galesburg filed against the engineering firm it hired for the Oquawka water treatment plant came to an end Monday. The Galesburg City Council agreed during its regularly scheduled meeting to settle the city’s lawsuit against AECOM, the parent company of engineering firm […]

Source: https://www.fireengineering.com, July 17, 2018 By: Gregory Haval In a “Construction Concerns” article from February 21, 2018, discussed complacency and hubris and their effects on emergency incident outcomes. “Complacency” was defined as “satisfaction with a perception of a situation that is not based on reality.” “Hubris” was defined as “self-confidence beyond the level of competence,” eaning […]

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com, May 7, 2018 By: Andres Viglucci, Nicholas Nehamas and Jenny Staletovich A key concrete support truss in the doomed Florida International University pedestrian bridge developed worrisome cracks 10 days before the structure was lifted into place over the Tamiami Trail, photographs and an internal email unintentionally released by the school show. The documents, […]

Source: https://www.daytondailynews.com, April 17, 2018 By: Jeremy P. Kelley Dayton’s school board on Tuesday approved a $1.6 million settlement agreement in favor of the school district and the state, addressing longstanding design problems at Wogaman and Louise Troy schools. DNK Architects, Inc. will pay $1 million to the school board and the Ohio Facilities Construction […]

Source: http://www.truth-out.org, April 17, 2018 By: Sue Sturgis At the same time the Trump administration is seeking to roll back regulations designed to protect people and the environment from toxic coal ash, hundreds of workers who cleaned up the nation’s largest-ever coal ash spill and claim it sickened them are still waiting for their day in court. […]

This article discusses the fundamental design difficulties of the fully automated baggage system originally planned for the New Denver Airport, and their implications for airport and airline management. Theory, industrial experience, and the reality at Denver emphasize the difficulty of achieving acceptable standards of performance when novel, complex systems are operating near capacity. United Airlines […]