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How to Protect Your Business When Employees Get Poached

Pro Builder

Those items proved valuable resources for conducting his new duties—so valuable that his previous employer sued for violation of confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements and for illegal use of trade secrets. Confidentiality agreements. What Is a Restrictive Covenant? Three Most Common Types . Covenants not to compete .

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Better Manage Construction Costs Schedules and Quality

Job Order Contracting

Sufficient time & resources are allocated to defining the scope of the project with the involvement of all participants and stakeholders. It is defined within and Lean environment government by a long-term multi-party agreement and associated written Operations Manual / Execution Guide. Better Manage Construction Costs.

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Collaborative Construction Procurement Planning and Project Delivery = Best Value Outcomes

Job Order Contracting

Following these best practices leads to major gains in productivity and significant improvement in resource utilization. Parametric cost modeling, area cost factors, location factors, etc., A written Operations Manual or Execution guide is shared and part of the associated multi-party, long-term agreement.

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You Need to Review a SITES Scorecard, Now

Green Building Law Update

SITES is modeled after the LEED green building rating system. While the lawsuit revealed the founding organizations did not have a written agreement among themselves to protect their valuable intellectual property, they have had a multi-year written agreement and close working relationship with USGBC.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

BD+C

Kingspan panels help earn LEED points for energy modeling, lower energy use, energy intensity, recycled content, and reduction of volatile organic compounds. San Francisco International Airport used Kingspan’s Designwall 2000 insulated metal panels to create an architectural look for its Consolidated Administration Campus.

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You Need to Review a SITES Scorecard, Now

Green Building Law Update

SITES is modeled after the LEED green building rating system. While the lawsuit revealed the founding organizations did not have a written agreement among themselves to protect their valuable intellectual property, they have had a multi-year written agreement and close working relationship with USGBC.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Mark Decker, Sr. Manager of BIM at CDM Smith

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For Mark Decker , Senior Manager of Building Information Modeling (BIM) at CDM Smith , it’s choosing and leveraging the right technology to enable him, his firm, and his clients to reach or exceed expected outcomes. I’m not just managing a model, but also the information coming from the model, and those who use it.

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