Archives for June 2008

Tom Hanks Loses Home Construction Lawsuit

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been in a dispute with Ketchum, Idaho based Storey Construction, Inc. over the construction of their Sun Valley, Idaho home. Hanks and his wife were ordered to pay $1.85M to the firm in 2004, but filed a request for arbitration, alleging latent defects. After the first request for arbitration [...]

27 June 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, General, Litigation | No Comments

Watch Fire Researchers Torch Homes, Offices and Warehouses

Wired Magazine has a video gallery profiling the testing and analysis work conducted at the NIST’s Building and Fire Research Laboratory’s Fire Dynamics and Smokeview software modeling and laboratory fire testing experiments. The BFRL provide invaluable data for manufacturers, contractors and others in the building industry to further fire safety standards and practices. And how [...]

21 June 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Consulting, Experts, General, Inspections, Technology | No Comments

Concrete Testing at Yankee Stadium and Freedom Tower Is Scrutinized

“Manhattan prosecutors are investigating whether the leading concrete testing company in the New York area, which has been hired to measure and analyze the strength of the concrete poured at some of the biggest construction projects in the city, failed to do some tests and falsified others, officials involved in the inquiry said on Friday.
“The [...]

21 June 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Consulting, Inspections, Litigation | No Comments