Sep 27, 2023 How Wastewater Treatment Plants are Used to Monitor Public Health? By Jeffrey Nix There are more than 16,000 wastewater treatment plants or WWTP’s in the US treating wastewater generated by more than 75% of the...
Sep 20, 2023 Painting a Picture of Atlanta’s Dysfunctional Eviction Process for Sub-Standard Rental Properties! By Jeffrey Nix Approximately 3.6 million eviction proceedings are filed in the US every year. Given that the US population is approximately 330...
Sep 13, 2023 Developments in Solar Cell Efficiency are Fueling Construction of Commercial Solar Farms! By Jeffrey Nix The amount of energy reaching the earth from the Sun every minute is greater than the energy consumed by all of mankind throughout the...
Aug 30, 2023 What Every Owner, Contractor, and C-Suite Should Know About the “Spoliation of Evidence” By Jeffrey Nix At the height of the pandemic, opposing counsel allowed their owner client to “rip out” significant portions of a new $14M automated...
Aug 16, 2023 Should Complex Commercial Disputes be Managed by Litigation Schedules? By Jeffrey Nix Smart contractors plan their work and then work their plan. That’s why most contractors use some form of CPM schedule to manage their...
Aug 09, 2023 How Routine Construction Activities Impose Liability Upon Owners and Contractors for Hazardous Waste Under CERCLA? By Jeffrey Nix Owners and contractors seldom consider themselves responsible for hazardous waste they did not create, do not use, and about which they...
Jul 19, 2023 Another Atlanta Sinkhole – 30 Years After the Fatal 14th Street Sinkhole. By Jeffrey Nix Sinkholes have become commonplace in Atlanta as well as many other older cities with aging infrastructure. Last month, on June 27, 2023,...
Jul 05, 2023 How Tunnel Construction Solved Sewer Overflows in Many Older US Cities? By Jeffrey Nix Many older cities, especially those East of the Mississippi, rely upon combined sewer overflow systems or “CSO’s” that collect and...
Jun 28, 2023 Preliminary Findings in the Surfside Condo Collapse Suggest Multiple Causes! By Jeffrey Nix Over the last 2 years, the National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST has been investigating the unexpected collapse of...
Jun 21, 2023 Producers and Contractors are Drawing Criticism Over the Carbon Footprint of Concrete! By Jeffrey Nix Cement, the binding agent in concrete, is the second most frequently used substance throughout the World – behind only water. Given that...
Jun 07, 2023 Could “Living Building Materials” a/k/a LBM’s Change the Face of Concrete Construction? By Jeffrey Nix The concept of “living building materials” or LBM’s might seem like the stuff of science fiction to some. But the concept is very real...
Apr 12, 2023 What’s the Legal Significance of Executing a Construction Contract Under “Seal”? By Jeffrey Nix Owners, Contractors, and subcontractors are accustomed to signing contracts. Most understand the significance of the terms they sign,...