Archives for the 'Construction Defect' Category
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
Photos: The Contractor Read the Plans a Tad Too Literally…
The great folks over at the Washington Construction Law Blog posted a series of photos entitled, “the contractor read the plans a tad too literally.” Although humorous, this is actually a common situation that has led to more than a few construction defects. Sometimes the construction documents produced by the architect are a little vague [...]
24 May 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Design, General, Litigation | No Comments
Sacramento Business Journal: Construction Defect Litigation
This is an interesting article by Kelly Johnson from the Sacramento Business Journal that discusses the state of the construction defect litigation industry with regards to the key factors that are currently in play: the home buying slowdown, SB800, and the insurance industry.
California’s residential construction industry is approaching uncharted waters as a housing slump, tight [...]
21 May 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Consulting, Experts, Litigation | No Comments
Full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Lower Court’s Holding in Garcia v. Brockway
“In a case that is being closely watched in the multi-family housing industry, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday released its opinion affirming the lower court’s holding that the 2-year statute of limitations for a private civil action alleging violation of the Fair Housing Act’s accessibility requirements for design and construction is triggered, i.e., [...]
13 May 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Design, Experts, General, Inspections, Litigation | No Comments
The 50 Major Engineering Failures 1977-2007
A fascinating list of the most significant engineering failures over the last three decades compiled by Muhammed Abduh at the Integrity Engineering Blog.
11 May 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Experts, General | No Comments
Ghosts From The Boom
From the Las Vegas Business Press:
The number of local construction-defect lawsuits has risen alongside the valley’s population. And one reason for this may be the heavy regulatory burden assumed by the area’s building and safety officials who oversaw all the area development.
County officials say that at the height of the building boom some inspectors were [...]
27 April 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Consulting, Experts, Inspections, Litigation | No Comments
Case Seen As ‘Groundbreaking’
“A case heard last week by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals involving a North Las Vegas apartment complex has potential for ‘groundbreaking’ ramifications, a local attorney for one of the defendants said Monday.
“An organization for disabled citizens has sued multiple defendants who had any part in designing and building Craig Ranch Villas, formerly [...]
19 April 2008 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Litigation | No Comments
“Big Dig” Settlement Reached
The lawsuit over the controversial public works project, the Big Dig, has concluded with a settlement. The project has been plagued by construction defects resulting in damage and in one case, the loss of a human life.
The two companies that managed the design and construction of the costly Big Dig project here will pay more [...]
24 January 2008 | Business, Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Litigation | No Comments
