Source: http://archive.azcentral.com, April 2, 2013 by: Ryan Randazzo Contractors have filed more than $16 million in disputed claims against the Spanish company that is using a $1.45 billion federal loan to build a massive solar power plant near Gila Bend. At least eight contractors have been involved in disputes with Abengoa Solar over the Solana […]

Source: http://ethanolproducer.com, July 20, 2011 By: Holly Jessen In 2006, a mistake by Chicago Title Insurance Co. caused Abengoa Bioenergy to put on hold plans to build a second ethanol plant in Colwich, Kan., and build instead in Madison, Ill. Abengoa says it cost the company $48.4 million because the Colwich plant would have been […]

Source: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com, September 20, 2013 By: Jeanne Schwartz, Assurant, Inc. Solar power generation is rapidly increasing and helping thousands of Americans embrace clean energy technology. According to Solar Energy Industries Association, “more than 4,400 megawatts of PV solar will come online throughout 2013.” The jump in solar development is driven by a dramatic drop in […]

Source http://www.soyatech.com, April 26, 2011 By: Dan Voorhis Abengoa Bioenergy, which owns an ethanol plant in Colwich, is suing a contractor over a 2009 industrial accident. In a suit filed last week, Abengoa said that it seeks more than $3.5 million from Faber Burner Co. of Lock Haven, Pa. Abengoa bought a burner and control […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, February 26, 2015 By: Candy McCampbell The Mount Polley Mine earthen dam in western Canada failed because of a faulty design that didn’t consider the geology of the perimeter foundation, an independent review panel says. The Aug. 4 incident dumped 4.5 billion gallons of water and 10.3 million cu yd of mine tailings […]

Source: http://courtnewsohio.gov, January 20, 2015 By: Dan Trevas Architectural firm NBBJ L.L.C. may be financially responsible for Miami Valley Hospital’s litigation costs arising from the 2011 deadly Legionnaire’s disease outbreak, an appeals court ruled. The Second District Court of Appeals last week upheld a summary judgment granted to Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) and its corporate […]

Source: http://www.claimsjournal.com, January 8, 2015 By: Steven Plitt Recently, the South Carolina Court of Appeals in Precision Walls, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 410 S.C. 175, 763 S.E.2d 598 (Ct. App. 2014), reh’g denied (Oct. 23, 2014), held that the cost to tear down and re-build a brick veneer to replace defective tape […]

Source: http://www.reviewjournal.com, December 17, 2014 By: Howard Stutz Tutor Perini Corp., the general contractor behind CityCenter and a party in a massive construction defect case involving the development’s Harmon Hotel, said Wednesday it would receive “total net settlement proceeds” of approximately $189.5 million on its lien claims. None of the lawsuit parties have commented on […]

Source: http://www.reviewjournal.com, December 16, 2014 By: Carri Geer Thevenot A global settlement was announced Tuesday in the massive construction defect case involving CityCenter’s Harmon Hotel. The announcement came the day lawyers were to present opening statements at the trial, which was expected to last more than a year. District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez, who has been […]

Source: Nautilus Consulting, LLC As was reported in the November 14, 2012 issue of DelmarvaNow.com (http://tinyurl.com/b4bmuon) a jury has ruled that the construction manager hired to oversee and manage the construction of the bungled sewage treatment plant upgrades in Salisbury, MD must return $2.1 million of what it had already been paid for the work. The […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, November 15, 2014 By: Carl A. Salisbury, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP A well drilling company has an insurance policy that covers property damage to any well, hole, or formation, or to any drilling or well servicing machinery or equipment, arising out of operations performed by the drilling company.  The policy contains an […]

Source: http://www.couriernews.com, August 13, 2011 By: Lindsey Williams Filing claims architecture firm caused delay in construction at RHS The construction of Russellville High School’s Center for the Performing Arts has sparked a lawsuit, court documents show. EWI Inc., the construction manager for the performing arts center project, filed a civil suit Aug. 5 in Pope […]