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Job Order Contracts Require Owner Direct Management and Leadership

Job Order Contracting

Unified $855,000 from Chicago-based F.H. Paschen not only had earned more profit than its contract allowed but also had charged for more equipment than it installed. They had to agree to follow a catalog that set prices and and a set amount of markup or profit. This month, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded L.A.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Biotech, A Recession-Proof Growth Sector

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

we are pleased to report an increase of more than 96,000 jobs in the bioscience sector since 2001, even after accounting for the impacts of the recent severe recession,” said Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). The majority of the jobs added were in research, testing and laboratories, adding 23.8

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Pro Builder

Though not officially a recession as of mid-May (we’ll have to wait for that declaration by the National Bureau of Economic Research), the downturn precipitated by COVID-19 is being compared with 9/11’s impact on the 2001 recession. Is it profitable? namely, are you running a good business?

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

For instance, if a client wants higher return for investment , value management is introduced to determine the kind of project that will provide to the client the expected return on investment (Kelly and Male, 2001). Their ground of rejection might be important to the study team (Kelly and Male, 2001) in search for better alternatives.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Located in Clinton since 2001, this will be the company’s fifth expansion. Earlier this year, the Chicago-based aircraft giant came close to moving its primary 787 assembly facility from the Seattle area to Salt Lake City [a last-minute union deal kept the plant in WA]. The South Korean automotive parts manufacturer will invest $80.5

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

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Since 2001, the number of jobs in the U.S. Less than a day’s drive from New York, Chicago, St. A drive of just seven hours gets you to destinations including Chicago, Pittsburg, Atlanta or Memphis. For a growing number of companies, the answer is Hendricks County, just west of Indianapolis. has grown by just 3.2

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