Partnering approach facilitates hazardous waste cleanup
- Camp Dresser and McKee Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- CDM Engineers and Constructors Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
The court dockets are overflowing with lawsuits filed by parties involved in environmental restoration (hazardous waste site cleanup) projects. And it seems that no one is free from potential liability these days. Among other common litigation scenarios, remedial action contractors are suing their clients, the owners; employees and other site workers are suing their employers, the remedial action contractors; and owners are suing their designers, the engineers. In the search for viable solutions to the litigation-riddled environmental cleanup business, several options are emerging. Among them, the design/build, or turnkey approach has become common, as has the less well known, but increasingly popular partnering concept, in which the owner, engineer, and constructor form an alliance that allows them to work in concert toward common goals and under shared and properly assigned risks.
- OSTI ID:
- 78006
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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