Source: http://weitzlux.blogspot.com, March 6, 2007 Construction is a high-hazard occupation, accounting for the third-highest rate of death by injury, according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. By law, employers are bound to mitigate the dangers inherent to the job wherever possible. This includes ensuring that the surrounding areas to the work site […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, April 21, 2009 By: Lucy Bodilly The general contractor and structural engineer involved in a November, 2006 crane collapse in Bellevue, Wash., settled a civil lawsuit with the family of the man who died when the 210-ft tower crane’s boom hit his apartment. Details of the settlement, announced April 20, were not disclosed. […]

Source: http://www.insurancejournal.com, July 13, 2011 A western Pennsylvania couple has sued a natural gas driller claiming its activities contaminated their water well. The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat reports that Chester and Edith Slesinger are suing T&F Exploration LP and T&F Operating Inc. The couple claims leaks and discharges of drilling fluids and other substances have cost them […]

Source: http://gcdailyworld.com, June 23, 2011 By: Nick Schneider The more than eight-year legal battle by the county to recover damages associated with the Greene County Courthouse addition/renovation project may be over soon. A joint meeting of the County Commissioners, County Council and Building Corporation is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Monday to consider a settlement […]

Source: http://austin.ynn.com, June 29, 2011 By: John A. Salazar The falling glass at the W Hotel in Downtown Austin is now turning into a legal battle. Austin attorney Randy Howry filed a lawsuit against the hotel, alleging negligence on behalf of his two clients who were struck by falling glass from the hotel’s balconies earlier […]

Source: http://www.seattlepi.com, May 11, 2007 By: Andrea James The state Department of Labor & Industries on Friday fined two companies a total of $14,800 for alleged violations that resulted in a deadly tower crane collapse in Bellevue. A six-month investigation into the accident confirms preliminary reports that the crane’s poorly designed foundation, which was made […]

Read here about a Tennessee Valley Authority Contractor that agreed to pay over $6 million to the federal government to settle a fraud investigation.

Source: http://www.floridacdc.org, April 29, 2003 By: Andres Viglucci If paid for by the county, the $25 million in potential cost overruns would consume all of the contingency funds set aside for the arts center project. The county says the builders should absorb the cost. When Miami-Dade County Manager Steve Shiver recently described construction of the […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, August 30, 2004> Owner, contractors and architect settle claims and set new schedule for much-troubled project The owner, architect and builder of the $419-million Miami Performing Arts Center have reached a $44-million settlement that is expected to put the high- profile project on positive footing after years of delays and big cost overruns. […]

Source: http://articles.boston.com, May 2, 2011 By: Beth Daley The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is preparing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against several companies for the catastrophic water main break last year that cut off clean water to nearly 2 million Boston-area residents for more than two days. The region’s water supplier says a panel has nearly completed […]

Source: http://www.knoxnews.com, May 1, 2011 By: Natalie Neysa Alund From debris cleanup and odor elimination to water sampling and machinery replacement, daily reports reflect what’s been happening at the Gatlinburg Wastewater Treatment Plant since a basin wall collapsed last month and killed two workers. Although reconstruction is under way at the Banner Road facility where the […]

Source: http://www.lohud.com, May 1, 2011 By: Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Jonathan Bandler Multimillion-dollar mistakes, design flaws and obstacles for which state engineers failed to account drove the cost of the Interstate 287 reconstruction up more than $67 million and delayed completion of the decade-long project by two years, a Journal News investigation reveals. Taxpayers have spent […]