Source: https://www.enr.com, January 10, 2019 By: Nadine M. Post On Jan. 10, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority announced that procurement has begun for the repair of the two fractured bottom flanges of the twin parallel girders that span 80 ft across Fremont Street in the 4.5-block-long Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco. TJPA shuttered the […]

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com, November 20, 2018 By: Warren L. Wise Two years after Charleston International celebrated completion of its terminal expansion and overhaul, another legal tussle has cropped up. The airport’s oversight agency is now suing the architect and a subcontractor in state court for at least $1.5 million over the installation of a cable system […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, October 30, 2018 By: Doug Tabeling, Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP on behalf of ConsensusDocs Design flaws are a constant risk in construction, but the contractual allocation of that risk can sway considerably from project to project. Contract terms can vary from fully expressing an owner’s warranty of the sufficiency of plans and […]

Source: https://www.constructiondive.com, November 26, 2018 By: Joe Beeton “There is no such thing as risk.” That was the bold message delivered by Grant Holland of Mott MacDonald at last month’s annual Design-Build Institute of America conference in New Orleans. “You cannot quantify, in definitive terms, a particular risk on a project. Every stakeholder has a […]

Source: https://www.chieftain.com, October 17, 2018 The general contractor that managed San Francisco’s troubled $2 billion transit terminal is suing the agency in charge of the project alleging faulty design and mismanagement. The joint venture of Webcor Builders and Obayashi Corp. filed the lawsuit Tuesday in San Francisco. It alleges design and planning mistakes sent construction […]

“Source: https://www.bostonglobe.com, November 15, 2018 By: Milton J. Valencia Federal investigators Thursday singled out a Columbia Gas engineer with “limited knowledge” for errors in drafting work plans for a Lawrence construction site, setting in motion a chain of events that led to the Sept. 13 natural gas explosions that killed one man and left thousands without heat […]

Source: http://www.globalconstructionreview.com, November 16, 2018 A federal US body investigating the fatal collapse of a bridge in Miami has concluded that there were design errors which could have caused concrete cracking observed before the bridge fell. Engineers overestimated the load capacity of a critical section, its interim report said. The report released yesterday by the National Transportation […]

Source: https://www.eastbaytimes.com, November 9, 2018 By: Erin Baldassari Testing of two cracked beams at the Salesforce Transit Center will extend into next week and the results could prompt further testing, officials said Thursday, pushing the estimated date for determining a cause of the failures to the end of the month or later. Once a cause […]

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com, November 6, 2018 By: Gaven Souter Delays in construction projects can cause huge increases in costs, but identifying insurance policies to cover the costs is complex and varies significantly depending on policy wordings, construction insurance experts say. While traditional construction insurance coverages may apply or specific delay in startup insurance may be triggered, […]

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.constructiondive.com, October 30, 2018 By: Doug Tabeling of Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP on behalf of Consesus Docs Design flaws are a constant risk in construction, but the contractual allocation of that risk can sway considerably from project to project. Contract terms can vary from fully expressing an owner’s warranty of the sufficiency of […]

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com, October 13, 2018 By: Teri Mae Rutledge & Samuel Stalker, Cozen O’Connor In a decision that the court itself characterized as bucking a modern trend, the Ohio Supreme Court found no coverage for a general contractor under a standard commercial general liability policy’s “occurrence” requirement for property damage caused by its subcontractor’s faulty […]