Source: Collegiate Times, October 24, 2006 By: Ryan McConnell & Kevin Anderson Turner Construction Company has filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech, maintaining that it is still owed over $30 million for its expansion and construction work on the West Stands of Lane Stadium. In their case, filed Sept. 13, 2006, Turner alleges that missing […]

Source: Journal of Commerce, February 13, 2013 By: Peter Caulfield Two recent high-profile lawsuits involving contracted work on football stadiums in Winnipeg and Vancouver highlight the legal mayhem that can result when teams comprising projects owners, contractors and subcontractors get their signals crossed. In Winnipeg, the $190 million Investors Group Field, the new home of […]

Source: http://www.statesmanjournal.com, March 14, 2013 By: Michael Rose The last lawsuit filed by Marion County and the transit district over Courthouse Square’s botched development has been settled. Century West Engineering Corp., the company responsible for Courthouse Square’s structural designs, will pay $605,000 a settlement, said Jolene Kelley, a Marion County spokeswoman. The county and Salem-Keizer […]

Source: Daily Herald (IL), March 6, 2013 By: Harry Hitzeman St. Charles-based Aquascape has sued nine contractors, architects and construction firms for $13 million in damages after a section of a green roof at the company’s headquarters collapsed two years ago. The collapse of a 500-foot by 60-foot section of the sloped roof, which contained […]

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: 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: 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 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 […]

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 […]