With crane malfunctions and collapses becoming all-too common on construction sites these days, we don't intend to make light of such disasters. Fortunately for all parties concerned, in this month's highlighted case study, there were no fatalities nor even any injuries. But the cost to a construction project can be, as you well know, enormous and financially devastating all the...

Not long ago, Guardian Group, Inc.'s Construction Defect Group was called in to investigate reported deficient and defective work at a Southwestern U.S. construction site. The law firm and the client, a leading surety company, asked that we dispatch our technical resources to the site post haste. The subject property is a multi-story addition on the healthcare campus of one of our...