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Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Solution

Job Order Contracting

Shared profit and risk and jointly developed project goals and values are keystones for team alignment for any project. Construction Management at Risk in Health Care Projects. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and. Leite, F., & Mulva, S. 36 Team Integration and. Journal of. in the Public Sector.

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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

In a widely accepted definition, Zero Waste is, The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”.

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Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard Being Revised

Green Building Law Update

The initial draft includes: What purports to be an only modest change to REC definition is proposed, but this modification to that ultimate defined term risks negatively impacting the value of hundreds of millions of dollars of real estate each year. A de minimis conditions is not a recognized environmental condition.”. of this report.

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Innovative LEAN Construction Tools

Job Order Contracting

The OpenJOC(TM) Solution virtually eliminates the slow, costly, error prone, inefficient practices associated with design-bid-build, lowest bidder, and other traditional construction delivery methods. Shared Risk/Reward. It embodies all of the fundamental aspects of LEAN construction, including: Collaboration. Long-term Relationships.

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Virtue signallers beware

Construction Law

ICE’s report says accurate emissions reporting must become integral in the design of major infrastructure if private finance is to help fund green projects. Projects may also risk litigation for failing to mitigate the release of carbon in their design, construction and operation. Nick Barrett.

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PFAS in a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment?

Green Building Law Update

PFAS is very persistent in the environment and in the human body, meaning these chemicals don’t break down, accumulating over time, and as such have been referred to ‘forever chemicals’ making them an emergent environmental catastrophe. a substance defined as a hazardous substance pursuant to CERCLA 42 U.S.C.§9601(14),

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Transforming Construction Payments: Autodesk's Strategic Move with Payapps Acquisition 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The inherent business-breaking risk can even lead many subcontractors to refrain from bidding on projects if a general contractor or an owner has a reputation for slow payments. Faster payment cycles are essential for GCs and subcontractors alike to stay profitable in today’s fast-paced and evolving economic environment. Why Payapps?