Construction Owners & Builders Law Blog

For many schools, the price of a hot summer has been bills for mold inspection and remediation. Here are reports on mold and other problems from Lousiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Hawaii, North Carolina, Illionois, South Carolina, California, Washington and Florida.

Here's a list of dos and do nots from GutterHQ on how to avoid water intrusion and mold in constructing homes and small commercial buildings.

James River Insurance Company which opened its doors only two years ago received a vote of confidence from Wall Street as its share price climbed 11% on its first day as a public company reports The News & Observer.

Blog 702 points us to Searles v. Fleetwood Homes,Inc., a Maine Supreme Court decision affirming a physician's testimony that mold caused the plaintiffs' respiratory problems. The court also affirmed the trial court's refusal to give the jury a comparative negligence instruction.

Here's an update on mold, sick building and construction defect cases and news from around the country.

The Washington Post reports the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin testing a new less expensive and some say less safe "wet down" method for asbestos removal as a prelude to rewriting federal rules for removing the cancer-causing material.

Our latest alert features reports of general interest and from Colorado, New Jersey, Texas, New York, Virginia, California, Ohio, Nevada and Arizona. I think this alert is the first with no news from Florida--perhaps its just been too darn hot there.

Our latest alert features reports of general interest and from New York, Florida, California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Tennessee and Maryland.

This weeks alert features reports from Canada, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Hampshire and Ohio.

This weeks mold, sick building and construction defect alert features reports from Oregon, New York, Nevada, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, California and Texas.

Here are new reports on mold and sick building problems in California, Indiana, North Dakota, New Hampsire and Washington.

"The Symposium will cover the scientific causes of leaky buildings, practical ways of fixing them, legal issues surrounding the situation and converge on the vision of industry leaders in ensuring quality homes," reports the Scoop.

"The fight against dampness and mold begins at the moment the first sketch for a new structure is put on paper," according to a white paper entitled Mold: Steps Toward Clarity, published last week by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Here are more articles from around the country about mold and sick buildings:

Mold continues to trigger controversy, lawsuits and headlines--and government action--according to news reports from Florida, Atlanta, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Nevada.

A Philadelphia Bank recently announced plans to build 90 new bank branches with "green building" construction methods and materials, according to this post in the Construction Blawg.

Bianca Jagger's mold woes are profiled in this article in New York Magazine. Jagger's attorney is my friend Dan Bryson of Lewis & Roberts , a firm based in North Carolina. Dan maintains useful information websites on mold and synthetic stucco.

Here are some recent reports from New Orleans, New Jersey, California and Florida on toxic mold and sick buildings and related construction defects: