Source: http://www.lasvegassun.com, March 22, 2001 More than $1 million might be needed to cure construction defects at the Lied Library at UNLV, and the state is preparing to do legal battle with the contractors and subcontractors who claim they are still owed $6.5 million for extra work. The state Board of Examiners received an update […]

Source: Daily News of Newburyport (MA), July 16, 2014 Posted on: http://constfpn.advisen.com It appears that the $292 million Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement Project has hit a snag after a faulty concrete pour. Concrete was incorrectly poured in a support pier that rises out of the Merrimack River. Work has been ongoing to remove the problem and […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, June 23, 2014 By: Judy Greenwald Two design flaws in construction of a City University of New York building entitle the building’s owner, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, to two separate limits of liability, says an appeals court, in upholding a lower court ruling that the two claims were […]

The Harmon is a highrise building in the CityCenter Las Vegas development in Paradise, Nevada. The tower was designed by Foster + Partners as a non-gaming boutique hotel, and was to be operated by Andrew Sasson’s The Light Group upon completion. The building features an elliptical layout and highly reflective exterior located on the northeast […]

Source: http://southeast.construction.com, May 2005 By: Scott Judy Dealing With Problems, Agency Pushes Accountability One day after a major rainstorm in January 2004, construction crews discovered evidence of cracking on some of the piers of the nearly completed $60 million Memorial Causeway Bridge in Clearwater, Fla. Further investigation revealed deep cracks penetrating more than halfway through […]

Source: http://www.foxnews.com, September 3, 2013 A British property developer said Tuesday it was investigating after rays deflected by a skyscraper melted the side of a businessman’s luxury Jaguar car. Londoners have been shielding their eyes from the blinding glare reflected from the glass facade of 20 Fenchurch Street — nicknamed the Walkie Talkie because of […]

Source: http://www.arabianbusiness.com, August 27, 2013 A judge in the US has granted permission for Dubai World, the investment arm of the Dubai government, to demolish the half-built Harmon Hotel tower of the CityCenter Las Vegas development, it was reported. The Harmon Hotel tower, co-owned by MGM Resorts International, was designed as a 48-storey component of […]

Source: http://www.kansascity.com, August 7, 2013 By: Kevin Collison The owner of the private Branson Airport is accusing Burns & McDonnell and three other firms of designing and building a $70 million runway foundation that partially collapsed just two years after the facility opened in 2009. Branson Airport LLC, which operates what’s described as the nation’s […]

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: The Medina-Gazette (OH), February 2, 2013 By: Nick Glunt Lodi Library officials plan to file a lawsuit over the roof of the building, which has been closed more than a year because of structural problems. “We needed to have some inspections done to confirm the problem,” spokeswoman Heather Coontz said. “The problem is the […]

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 […]