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 […]

Source: http://www.newyorklawjournal.com, October 11, 2016 By: Paul M. Hellegers and Wojciech Jackowski Historically, when a property in New York City was damaged during excavation activities on a neighboring property, the injured property owner has been able to obtain compensation from the adjoining property owner/developer or the contractor performing excavation by proffering evidence of excavation and […]

Source: http://www.smokymountainnews.com, November 9, 2016 By: Cory Vaillancourt Haywood Community College’s new Creative Arts Building was supposed to be a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly facility. Instead, according to allegations made in a complex, far-ranging lawsuit filed by HCC Oct. 28, it’s leaky, creaky and becoming a multi-million dollar boondoggle. Voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax […]

Source: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com, October 28, 2016 By: Craig Fox The manufacturer of the roof on the city’s ice arena warned that it needed some kind of system to prevent large chunks of snow and ice from falling off the renovated facility. Lawrence J. Coburn, who oversaw the arena project as its construction manager, recalled that the […]

Source: http://www.enr.com, October 17, 2016 By: Scott Van Voorhis Ruling Involved Addition to a Famous University of Pittsburgh Building A design firm’s insurance claim that was considered too vague by a federal judge may cost the University of Pittsburgh a chance to recover losses under an architects and engineers general liability policy that insured the designer. […]

Source: http://therealdeal.com, October 16, 2016 Without admitting fault, Saltz Michelson agreed to settle a dispute over a Broward school design A Fort Lauderdale architecture firm will pay $1.56 million to the Broward County School District to settle a dispute over the design of an elementary school. Without admitting any fault, Saltz Michelson Architects agreed to […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, October 11, 2016 By: Andrew Dodson More than $1 million in work to stabilize a multi-million dollar condominium project began this week, more than a year after a lawsuit alleging the building  had extensive construction defects was dismissed. In March 2014, 19 residents of the Boathouse Condominiums, 1111 N. Water St., in downtown […]

Source: http://www.mlive.com, September 15, 2014 By: Cole Waterman Nineteen residents of a riverfront condominium complex in downtown Bay City are suing the various businesses that envisioned and constructed their abodes, claiming the structure is rife with defects. The residents of the Boathouse Condominiums at 1111 N. Water St. — Dan Blossom, Kris Blossom, Elizabeth Cooley, Carl Cooper, […]