CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

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CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2026

How Concrete Mistakes Added Cost to the Recent Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge Project

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The disputed insurance payout is considered a potentially important test of insurance policy language, especially the London Engineering Group 3 builders' risk policy exclusion.

December 16, 2023
Richard Korman - Engineering News-Record

A disputed insurance claim heading for trial next year over construction of Washington, D.C.'s two-year-old Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge revolves around the design-build joint venture's problems in 2019 with concrete voids and honeycombing. The flaws required demolition and rebuilding costing millions of dollars.

Reprinted courtesy of Richard Korman, Engineering News-Record

Mr. Korman may be contacted at kormanr@enr.com

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