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.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: http://www.spiegel.de, August 12, 2013 By: Frank Patalong The 47-story luxury In Tempo tower in Benidorm, Spain was hyped as the tallest residential building in the European Union. Now a series of construction snafus — including an inadequate elevator shaft — have turned it into a national embarrassment. It should have been the pride of […]

Source: http://www.gazette.net, July 9, 2013 By: Kara Rose Leggett said county was cleared to begin work on concrete slabs Monday County Executive Isiah Leggett said Monday night that he took full responsibility for the delayed opening of the troubled Silver Spring Transit Center, also announcing work to fix the center will start within a week. […]

Source: Beazley Pro, Summer 2013 Facts: After sustaining serious injuries in a fall in a sports facility parking lot, the plaintiff sued the property owner, who in turn filed a third-party action against our insured, an engineer. This suit against the engineer alleged that deficiencies and code violations in his design of the facility’s parking […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, June 12, 2013 By: Jonathan Barnes and Richard Korman A communication breakdown at an Ontario engineering firm contributed to flaws in an inspection that failed to detect weaknesses in a mall roof before it collapsed. The engineer who wrote a report based on a visual inspection, stating that the mall roof was sound […]

Facts: Insured, structural engineer, designed a 2 story deck for a 3 unit condo complex. While standing on the deck, the railing came off and plaintiff fell 30 feet to the street making him paraplegic (he was intoxicated at the time of the incident). Claimed damages $37 million for future lost wages, pain and suffering, […]

Facts: Insured provided structural engineering services in connection with a structural podium, which was to support a 4 story wood frame condo. Insured contracted directly with the developer/GC. The insured discovered that there were beams, which were undersized in the structure. Claim against the insured: Initially it was believed that beams were undersized and needed […]

Source: Anchorage Daily News, March 19, 2013 By: Lisa Demer Its prized Port of Anchorage project stalled and under fire, PND Engineers Inc. is fighting back, arguing that the problem was never its unusual design but rather flaws in construction. A lawsuit over the problematic new dock appears to be born out of politics, not […]

Source: The Washington Post, March 19, 2013 By: Bill Turque A series of design and construction failures — including inadequate concrete strength and a lack of reinforcing steel — have left the Silver Spring Transit Center unsafe and unusable without major repairs, Montgomery County officials said Tuesday. The problems go far beyond what was previously […]

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: 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 […]