Source: http://www.bendbulletin.com, January 29, 2017 By: Marina Starleaf Riker City being sued for what construction company calls ‘extraordinary’ number of design errors Budgeting issues, design flaws and construction defects were among a number of challenges the city of Bend dealt with while expanding its sewer treatment plant. Next month, the city will be responsible for […]

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com, February 1, 2017 By: James Tarmy and Kartikay Mehrotra The Millennium Tower is still sinking, and residents might be stuck paying for the fixes themselves. Nina Agabian, a retired director of research in global health science at the University of California, bought a 29th-floor apartment in San Francisco’s Millennium Tower in 2010. “It was […]

Source: http://www.enr.com, January 24, 2017 By: Scott Van Voorhis Rectification insurance is filling a need on more design-build projects Mistakes made by architects or engineers in the design process can often come back to haunt a general contractor later during construction. Whether it’s a miscalculation in the dimensions of a building’s foundation or the choice […]

Source: Constructor, January/February 2017 By: Debra Wood BENEFITS AND WORDS TO THE WISE AS MANY OWNERS AND contractors seek to enhance the construction experience by considering different project-delivery methods, they are opting for construction manager at risk (CMAR), which provides opportunities for improved collaboration, but, as the name states, also comes with risks to be […]

Source: http://www.heraldnet.com, January 25, 2017 By: Rikki King Contractors recently agreed to pay the city more than $1.4 million to settle a lawsuit over the construction of the Lynnwood Recreation Center. The center opened in 2011 with pools, water slides and workout space. The total cost was more than $22 million. Within six months, it […]

Read here about a nearly $7 million settlement that has been reached between the University of Oregon and the architect/engineer that built a dorm.

Source: http://www.construction-today.com, December 22, 2016 By: Thomas J. Madigan When building information modeling (BIM) technology first gained widespread use, commentators warned of new legal risks posed by the information sharing and collaboration essential to the process. Contractors and designers became worried that BIM could alter the traditional allocation of risk between them. The potential impact […]

Source: http://www.ac-lawyers.com, December 8, 2016 By: John P. Ahlers Implied warranties are warranties created by law, legislation, or courts.  In the construction industry, one of the most prominent implied warranties is that owners who provide plans and specifications to their contractors impliedly warrant the adequacy of their plans and specifications.[i]  That implied warranty had its […]

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com, December 19, 2016 By: Daniel J. Sernovitz The team behind the $124 million Ballou Senior High School modernization is seeking at least $2 million in damages from the project’s architects over claims they delivered incomplete design plans for the Southeast D.C. building. Chiaramonte-Hess, a joint venture between Chiaramonte Construction Co. and Hess Construction […]

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com, December 8, 2016 By: Melia Robinson Millennium Tower, a $350 million skyscraper completed in 2008, has sunk 16 inches and tilted two inches since it opened. Now San Francisco’s very own “leaning tower” is in the middle of a battle between the building’s developers, residents, and city officials over who’s at fault. The fight’s far from […]

Source: http://www.constructiondive.com, November 21, 2016 By: Kim Slowey Dive Brief: An attorney acting on behalf of four construction workers killed or injured in a 2014 pedestrian bridge collapse has filed a lawsuit in Wake County, NC, seeking financial damages of more than $250,000, according to the News & Observer. One worker was killed and three […]

Source: https://www.biztimes.com, November 28, 2016 By: Arthur Thomas Novum Structures says it cost $5 million to fix issue with welds Menomonee Falls-based Novum Structures is suing a Minnesota engineering firm claiming its failure to check calculations led to the use of welds that did not meet the load requirements in the glass atrium at the […]