Latest Construction Headlines
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MOLD in Buildings
Nov 20 2000 // Creates New Frontier in Construction Defect Litigation, Definition of Pollution At the center of what could become one of the fastest growing areas of both construction defect litigation and toxic tort litigation is an...
InsuranceNoodle.com, ASA to Provide Online Insurance for Construction Industry
Nov 15 2000 // InsuranceNoodle.com and the American Subcontractors Association have agreed to an affinity partnership to provide the construction industry trade association’s 6,500 professional constructors, suppliers and service...
Mold Claims Create a New Frontier in Constuction Defect Litigation
Oct 2 2000 // Mold. An extremely common organism, it’s found in veritably every home and building. Now it’s at the center of what could become one of the fastest growing areas of both construction defect litigation and toxic...
Calif. Construction Defects Committee Hammers Away on Proposed Bill
Aug 29 2000 // The California Legislature’s Construction Defects Conference Committee met twice last week in Sacramento in an attempt to reach an agreement concerning limiting costs and delays resulting from construction defect...
Lockton, Zurich to Offer Home Builders Protection
Aug 23 2000 // Lockton Insurance BrokersInc., ranked among the top commercial insurance brokerages in the United States, and Zurich U.S. Construction, have partnered to offer a unique insurance program combining broad general liability...
Cracks in the Plaster: Construction Defect Litigation
Jul 19 2000 // “You put up these buildings. Even though no one has noticed anything wrong, no one has been injured, nothing has been damaged; by virtue of the fact that you put them up, there must be defects in them. Therefore we...
Historic or Brand New -It’s a High-Valued Home Sweet Home
Jun 12 2000 // It’s spring home-buying season, and realtors throughout California are reporting that despite interest rate fluctuations and a seesawing stock market, the real estate market is hotter than ever. From Ventura to...