Archives for the 'Consulting' Category
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
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
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
Taming the Billable Beast
The ABA Journal has an article in the February 2008 issue by David Gialanella, discussing the billable hour alternatives employed by some innovative law firms.
The billable hour is the dandelion of law practice: pervasive and not so popular.
So, when seeking to avoid the neg ative effects of a system that provides the profits for many a firm, [...]
23 April 2008 | Business, Construction and Law, Consulting, Experts, General, Litigation | No Comments
Caveat Emptor: Collapsible Ladders Are Dangerous
OK folks, these things are dangerous. We have seen these collapsible/folding ladders before on inspections. Some are better than others at promoting self injury and property destruction. Choose wisely.
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18 October 2007 | Construction Defect, Consulting, Experts, General, Inspections | No Comments
Stucco Is Stucco, Except When It Isn’t
It used to be that stucco was stucco. And by that I mean a Portland cement plaster finish material. But the word stucco has been used in a plethora of products and so stucco is not always stucco.
The word stucco is Latin with Germanic roots, whatever that means. The Italian use of the word actually [...]
24 June 2007 | Construction, Consulting, Experts, General | 2 Comments
20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches
For millions of people, Google is an indispensable search tool that they use every day, in all facets of their lives. From work or school, research, to looking up movies and celebrities to news and gossip, Google is the go-to search engine.
But instead of just typing in a phrase and wading through page after page [...]
8 June 2007 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Consulting, General, Technology | No Comments
ChangeThis - Executive Hubris
ChangeThis is a new media publishing firm. Every month they publish so-called manifestos that cover a variety of topics involving the creation and marketing of ideas. The authors are top-notch and the manifestos are beautifully typeset PDFs that look good on the screen and on paper. This month’s serving of ChangeThis features a reality check [...]
12 April 2007 | Business, Consulting, Experts, General | No Comments
Don’t Dismiss Fire-Resistive Construction In Defect Cases
Over at Construction Litigation Law Blog, Donald Brenner has posted on the issues involving fire-resistive construction. Admittedly, the myriad defects that relate to building code requirements regarding fire safety aren’t as “exciting” as other defect categories. Not like the typical window test in a defect investigation, with the precision calibration of the carefully placed spray [...]
19 March 2007 | Construction, Construction Defect, Consulting, Experts, Litigation | No Comments
