Source: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com, April 14, 2011 By Nancy Cook Lauer Legal fight drags on for 2004 project The engineering firm that designed a $1.9 million water tank county officials say is defective has been considered for 18 additional county contracts but was awarded only one since the county sued it. The Department of Water Supply filed […]

Source: http://www.columbiadailyherald.com By: Chris Graham Officials have sued the engineering company tapped to design and oversee construction of the city’s multi-million dollar lagoon system. The lawsuit filed in Maury County Circuit Court April 6 alleges engineers with Nashville-based James C. Hailey & Co. misrepresented the financial feasibility of a wastewater lagoon system to secure a […]

Source: St. Petersburg Times, April 7, 2011 By: Craig Pittman The company that designed Tampa Bay Water’s troubled reservoir says it doesn’t need a multimillion-dollar repair job that would raise customers’ rates, as utility officials contend. Instead, according to HDR Engineering’s senior vice president, Tim Connolly, all the reservoir needs is regular monitoring for any […]

Source: The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, April 6, 2011 By: Tom Bailey, Jr. The same kind of structural engineering design problems that are delaying completion of the Salvation Army Kroc Center are slowing construction of — and adding about $1 million in cost so far to — MATA’s Airways Transit Center. The sleekly designed station […]

A design/build contractor incurred in excess of $6,000,000 in additional costs due to significant structural design flaws on the part of the structural engineer at a mixed-use retail and condominium project parking structure. After the design/build contractor and structural engineer could not reconcile, the design/build claim was filed action against the engineer, who, in turn, notified […]

Source: http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com, March 29, 2011 By: Shirley Lin Days after a petition was launched by Penhorwood owners demanding action from the municipality, the condo board has released details about the ongoing lawsuit indicating why it feels the city is responsible. An affidavit from October 2008 by condo board member Al Penner, the main liaison for […]

Source: Salem News (MA), March 22, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com The owners of an unlicensed Lynnfield asbestos removal business and an employee have been indicted on charges of violating state environmental and wage laws, including while working on projects in Beverly and Marblehead. The business, which calls itself AEI Environmental LLC, is based out of […]

Source: http://www.ctpost.com, March 19, 2011 By: Amanda Cuda The town is suing Bridgeport-based Mark IV Construction Company for about $5.1 million, related to work done on a much-contested town sewer expansion project. The lawsuit comes a week after town First Selectman Tim Herbst announced that Trumbull’s Water Pollution Control Authority was under a federal grand […]

Source: Tampa Bay Online, February 21, 2011 The region’s water supplier settled today with the general contractor of its faulty reservoir but will continue to pursue a lawsuit against the engineering company that designed the 15-billion gallon structure. The settlement approved by Tampa Bay Water’s board calls for contractor Barnard Construction and subcontractor McDonald Construction […]

Source: The Examiner (San Francisco), February 19, 2011 By: Joshua Sabatini  The City’s Fourth Street Bridge project was plagued by millions of dollars in cost overruns and hundreds of days over schedule. The bridge work finished in 2006, but the headache continues with mounting legal bills as litigation over the project remains an ongoing […]

Source: http://www.prweb.com, February 15, 2011 In the recently filed case of Crossmann v. Harleysville, The SC Supreme Ct. reinstated the controversial line of “no occurrence claim denials” for construction defect under a General Liability policy. This ruling subverts the intent of the drafter’s of the General Liability policy form and manages to insult professional builders […]

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 17, 2011 By: Chris Ramirez Two architecture firms must pay $5.9 million to the University of Pittsburgh for problems stemming from bad heating and air conditioning work in the Petersen Events Center, an Allegheny County judge ruled. Common Pleas Judge Joseph M. James ruled last month after a nonjury trial that Apostolou […]