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Not So Severable After All: Third Circuit Lets Courts Determine Arbitration Agreement Existence When Underlying Contract’s Validity Is Challenged

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Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit addressed the perennially thorny issue of whether the courts or arbitrators retain the authority to resolve questions involving the enforceability of arbitration agreements. After the project began, a labor union representative approached and asked MZM’s president to execute a “short-form agreement.”

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Strongco's Robert Dryburgh Steps Down

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announced that Strongco and Robert Dryburgh have reached an agreement whereby Dryburgh will step down from the position of president and chief executive officer effective immediately. Robert Beutel, chairman of Strongco since 2001, will serve as executive chairman in the interim.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

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success through an incentive agreement: lessons learned from an underground railway. Empirical analysis of traditional contracting and relationship agreements for. Organizations that provide leadership and commitment to collaborative environments are rare. International Journal of Project Management, 20(7), 497-505. Brooke, K.

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Construction Contracts Online: ConsensusDOCS and AIA Go Head-to-Head

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In addition to the wealth of documents already online, last week ConsensusDOCS released three new documents: The new and only available of its kind ConsensusDocs 298 Joint Venture Agreement makes it easier for construction companies to combine expertise and share risks on projects. D200–1995, Project Checklist.

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#128:  Waivers of Subrogation

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2001) (“By shifting the risk of loss to the insurance company regardless of which party is at fault, these clauses seek to avoid ‘the prospect of extended litigation which would interfere with construction.’”) Hook , 787 A.2d 2d 499, 503 (Vt. ’”) (citation omitted).

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

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Master Contracts/Master Agreements – Optional-use contracts whose purpose is to facilitate obtaining supplies and services from multiple contractors by placing competitive work orders. 30, 2001, p. Disaster Debris Removal Monitoring 32 Services Agreement, Exhibit A, Scope of Services. REFERENCES. 17, 1Washington, D.C.,

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Productive Construction – Traits of Collaboration

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AIA Document C195 – 2008, Standard Form Single Purpose Entity Agreement for Integrated Project Delivery, Exhibit D (Work Plan). ConsensusDOCS 300: Standard Tri-Party Agreement for Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery System Performance is CRITICAL to Improving Productivity. Learn more?

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