Source: El Paso Times, January 9, 2013 By: Mary Schladen The town of Clint and a long list of residents and churches are suing a group of construction companies and engineering firms, arguing that since 2010 they pumped out too much water too fast from the area so that the ground has sunk, twisting and […]

Source: The Charleston Gazette, January 7, 2013 By: Jim Balow A 12-year-old lawsuit against the designers of Charleston’s ill-fated composting facility has finally been settled, City Council members learned Monday. O’Brien & Gere, the New York-based engineers that designed the former sewage sludge composting facility in North Charleston, agreed to settle the city’s suit for […]

Source: http://www.dothaneagle.com, December 3, 2012 By: Lance Griffin Dothan commissioners are expected to approve a $150,000 out-of-court settlement with a contractor that claims faulty information provided by another city contractor forced it to spend more money than anticipated during a recent sewer line project. B and B Underground Contractors of Haleyville claims it was forced […]

Source: South Florida Business Journal, December 4, 2012 By: Paul Brinkmann One of South Florida’s best-known plaintiffs firms, Coral Gables-based Colson Hicks Eidson, is among the first to handle a lawsuit connected to the Oct. 10 Miami Dade College parking garage collapse in Doral. Colson Hicks attorney Ervin Gonzalez, is representing Migdalia Lopez, widow of […]

Source: Vegas Inc, December 4, 2012 By: Steve Green Litigation over the flawed Harmon Hotel tower at CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip will continue well into 2014 under a court order issued Monday. Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez, who is presiding over a massive lawsuit over $191 million in unpaid CityCenter construction […]

Source: Engineering News-Record, November 26, 2012 By: Scott Judy Two independent sources with knowledge of the investigation into the Oct. 10 collapse of a parking garage at Miami Dade College have refuted a claim reported by Engineering News-Record that the structure was struck a second time by a crane pick just prior to the fatal […]

Source: http://www.tampabay.com, November 6, 2012 By: Craig Pittman The company that designed Tampa Bay Water’s cracked reservoir deserves $9.2 million in attorneys’ fees and $10.8 million in expenses for defending itself against the utility’s unsuccessful lawsuit, the federal judge overseeing the case ruled. U.S. District Judge James Whittemore called the fees “extraordinary” but explained in […]

A general contractor retained an architect in a design/build delivery system to design, procure materials and construct a structural retaining wall at a residential subdivision. The design lacked a proper drainage system, and the wall settled and cracked due to hydrostatic pressure. The owner sued for damages in excess of $500,000 due to necessary underpinning […]

A design build/delivery system was retained by commercial developer for the construction of a multi-story office building. The GC’s project manager failed to check the adequacy of the safety netting system installed in connection with the project’s roof installation. A worker fell and sustained serious injuries. His attorney alleged inadequate safety controls and monitoring on […]

A civil engineering firm was hired by a GC/developer to delineate wetlands on a high-end residential development project. During the first phase of the project, the GC was made aware that the engineer miscalculated the wetland area, jeopardizing the placement of seven homes already under construction. Typically when these situations arise, additional property is purchased […]

A construction manager and architect, retained by a developer through a “single point of responsibility” contract, engineered, designed and constructed a 70-story office tower. Architectural drawings specified a curtain-wall system. Two years after completion, one  fell from the face of the office tower, killing a pedestrian. The victim’s estate sued all parties involved in the tower […]

Source: Inforum, May 10, 2012 By: Marino Eccher 3 building contractors to go into court this week North Dakota State University’s lawsuit against three contractors over the collapse of Minard Hall finally made its way into the Cass County District Court this week. The lawsuit, which was served in December, claims the contractors failed to […]