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No Free Warranty: Connecticut Court Adopts Correction or Repair Test

Constructlaw

ALS began performing invasive species removal and control work for a Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) intersection improvement project in February 2018. Drafting subcontracts appropriately can give both developers and subcontractors greater security and reliability of outcome. Click here to view full opinion as PDF.

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Severin Doctrine: It's Another Name for "Pass-Through-Plus" Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

United States , the plaintiff-contractor agreed with the defendant-federal government to build a post office in which plaster column models and ornamental work were to be supplied by the government. Rhode Island DOT , the contractor on a bridge project had failed to include a material supplier in its list of vendors to the DOT.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

This article contains a strong, generic model specification in standard CSI format for FRTW that will help specifiers: • Identify the critical code requirements for FRTW; and. • The following sections correspond to those used in the model FRTW specification. The test consists of a 7.6-m m (24-ft) long by 508-mm (20-in.) wide specimen.

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Can We Make Home Building a Little Less ‘Interesting?’

Pro Builder

The Colorado Springs model for bringing back trade skills training in high schools is spreading. Be honest with yourself: Can you describe your startups as a finely honed process with all plans, specification, selections, options, colors, and sales collateral materials complete before construction of the first model begins?

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Behind the Build: Interview with Matthew Keck, BIM Manager at Metromont 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This is where Building Information Modeling (BIM) comes into play, and BIM managers are the ones tasked with connecting teams and improving coordination between them. We are not a DOT company; we don’t do bridges, we don’t do highways. We do government buildings, warehouses, schools, and parking garages.

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Autodesk Build Gets 20+ Product Updates, Features, and Enhancements

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Quick List action / Three dot menu. Users will now get a better understanding, and visualization, of their 2D drawings and 3D Models with hypermodel viewing and alignment. Users can choose 2D drawings to position on top of a sectioned 3D model to align and seamlessly navigate between. . Meetings | Microsoft Teams integration.

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35+ Product Updates for Autodesk Construction Cloud

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Users will now get a better understanding, and visualization, of their 2D drawings and 3D Models with hypermodel viewing and alignment. Users can choose 2D drawings to position on top of a sectioned 3D model to align and seamlessly navigate between. . RFIs | Quick List Action / Three dot menu . Model Publishing Enhancements .