Not long after closing on a $28.5 million pad at 56 Leonard last spring, the new owner had a problem. More than one, actually. The master bathroom allegedly had poor caulking, the deadbolts weren’t ...

Dear James: We moved into our new house six months ago. We still have a long list of items that need to be fixed, but the contractor never gets around to them. Is seeking the services of a lawyer a ...

Seattle—A Seattle apartment building in danger of structural failure will be dismantled as soon as all the residents move out. The 25-story McGuire Apartments, located at Second Avenue and Wall Street ...

If you own an apartment – or are thinking of buying one – the recent news about building quality has been worrying. There have been evacuations at the Opal and Mascot apartment towers in Sydney, ...

About a year ago, we started a research project with six industry partners in New South Wales entitled Cracks in the Compact City: Tackling Defects in Multi-Unit Strata Housing. The context is compact ...

Some living at downtown Wilmington's newest luxury high-rise have noticed a draft. River Place, the long-awaited riverfront development with an $80 million price tag, welcomed residents in March 2020.

Fort Smith Public Schools filed a lawsuit Thursday against Turn Key Construction Management, Inc., alleging widespread ...

Seattle’s new City Hall and Justice Center, touted as cutting edge and environmentally friendly, are suffering from a series of defects that range from serious to merely annoying. Boilers have ...

EDITOR: “We had a team of consultants…on-site personnel, the general contractor, subcontractors, and the New Hanover County Inspections department looking after our interest and we felt like that was ...

How Termite Damage Found in Building and Pest Inspections Is Costing Melbourne Buyers Up to $80,000 Yarraville, ...

The Hale Ho‘ola building at Hawaii State Hospital — a 144-bed secure psychiatric facility that was built for $160 million and opened in May 2021 — is already in need of major repair. Problems at ...

Apartment building defects are not uncommon these days, but the NSW government has been developing new solutions using AI and blockchain to crackdown on this. Speaking at the 2021 digital.NSW event, ...