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Supreme Court Permits State Law Claims Against Superfund Property

Green Building Law Update

Of note, the landowners’ proposed cleanup exceeds that found necessary to protect human health and the environment by EPA in the CERCLA cleanup agreed to in the settlement with Atlantic Richfield. The landowners estimate that their cleanup would cost Atlantic Richfield $50 to $58 million.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Organizations that provide leadership and commitment to collaborative environments are rare. Common data environment (glossary of terms and definitions, locally researched detailed unit price cost data). Partnering in a unit price environment. management of knowledge in project environments. Shared vision. Badenfelt, U.

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Construction Cost Estimating, Location Factoring, and National Average Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. Built Environ. Location factors are primarily used in class 4 and 5 estimates and are not intended to be used for higher quality estimat es, such as class 3, 2, or 1. Martinez, A.,

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Feature Story: Aiming For The Top In Utah

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

“Our diversified economy, an unemployment rate that’s the fourth-lowest in America, the fact that we’ve significantly raised the bar on education, an extremely productive labor force and our business-friendly environment here—this is why so many [global] companies tell us their most-requested worldwide transfer location is Utah.”.

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4BT OpenCost(TM) Local Market Granular Cost Data an RSmeans Alternative?

Job Order Contracting

The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. Built Environ. Location factors are primarily used in class 4 and 5 estimates and are not intended to be used for higher quality estimates, such as class 3, 2, or 1. Martinez, A.,

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Labs 21 National Conference 2012 – “High Performance Healthcare Environments: Metrics and Procedures”. . . That said, major cultural change must occur in order to make significant progress.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Labs 21 National Conference 2012 – “High Performance Healthcare Environments: Metrics and Procedures”. . . That said, major cultural change must occur in order to make significant progress.

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