By: Swathi Illango --
01 January, 2017
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has ranked the construction industry as one of the major sectors with the highest polluting prospective. Statistical data proves that construction related activities cause pollution-related risks to general citizens, traders, subcontractors, architects, engineers and project owners.
Pollution events can ruin ongoing projects and generate substantial losses such as property destruction claims, physical injury, cleaning costs and defense costs. Major losses may include charges and penalties, and cost overruns due to project delays. Correspondingly firms involved in any aspect of designing, construction management or providing legal advice can be held lawfully liable for losses, including pollution losses, rising from faults or slips in the execution of professional services.
Most of the professional liability policies contain comprehensive pollution exclusions. These policies are misused by the flexible insurance solutions available to address the pollution risks. First of all, the construction companies must understand the nature of the pollution exposures they may face.