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#135:  Unconscionable Arbitration Agreements

NH Construction Law

Rafiei , 2024 WL 1470909 (April 5, 2024), recently rendered an opinion worth noting by all residential contractors, including in New Hampshire, who insert arbitration clauses with fee-splitting provisions in their contracts as a strategy for discouraging claims. Coverall North America, Inc. , ’” Awuah v. 3d 7, 12 (1st Cir.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

SSpc55 credit , but zealots may have preferred the originally drafted version by the American Bird Conservancy? including the condor in the photo above), one of the bird types that have flourished, according to the journal Science study, increasing in population by more than 200%, in the Americas since the 1970s.

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Revit Beginners: Revit's Drafting Machine

Revit Beginners

Revits Drafting Machine. For those of you who remember using drafting machines mounted to a drafting table youll find a similar tool in Revit. Now any lines or walls that you draft will snap to the gridlines of your workplane. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Marathon Drafting. Subscribe To.

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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

DBB and its ‘relatives’ are longstanding methods of project delivery with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and, therefore, drafting construction specifications for such projects is reasonably straightforward. Greater challenges arise when adapting DBB source documents for design-build.

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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

DBB and its ‘relatives’ are longstanding methods of project delivery with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and, therefore, drafting construction specifications for such projects is reasonably straightforward. Greater challenges arise when adapting DBB source documents for design-build.

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DRAFT Article – Where Will We Find The Next Generation of Construction Managers? — Northern California Edition

C-School

Below you will find a draft article that I am writing for Construction Management Association of America’s (CMAA) Northern California Chapter Newsletter. I wanted to share it here and request any feedback that the readers of this blog might want to offer up. org for additional information.

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WILO USA Receives Equity Investment of $61.6M USD.

Contractor Magazine

Residential Plumbing. ” The US is the largest pump market in the Americas, the country’s demographics, economic and social parameters have resulted in the US market being identified as a targeted strategic growth area for the Wilo group. Related Articles Wilo Welcomes Senior Vice President for the Americas.

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