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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

The characteristics of strategic collaboration and efficient construction project delivery are discussed below. Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery. Shorter construction schedules than planned. Zero costs associated with disputes and claims. Fewer disputes and claims.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Is it a a fact that Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector. While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. Lean Construction Reading Primer.

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Beyond Inverse Condemnation in Wildfire Litigation: An Oregon Jury Finds Utility Liable for Negligence, Trespass and Nuisance

Construction and Infrastructure Law

PacifiCorp prevailed against the plaintiffs on the claim of inverse condemnation. With respect to the tort-based claims, the jury awarded approximately $72 million in compensatory damages to 17 plaintiffs. This intent standard for inverse condemnation claims in Oregon differs from those in other states.

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#112:  Owners' Implied Warranty Rights Against Subcontractors

NH Construction Law

While some commercial subcontracts do extend the subcontractor’s express warranties to the owner, such provisions are rarely found in residential construction, where there is often no express warranty in the subcontract at all. But what about the implied warranty of good workmanship ( #4 )? Sienna Court Condominium Ass’n v.

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#85:  Who Decides Arbitrability?

NH Construction Law

Although arbitration clauses are common in many types of contracts and particularly in construction contracts, the contracting parties sometimes differ on their enforceability or their application to particular disputes. 79, 84 (2002). Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. , Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. 150 Realty, LLC , 172 N.H.

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Litigation Over First Ever LEED Platinum Building Tarnishes Green Building

Green Building Law Update

Weyerhaeuser Company arose from the construction in 1999 of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland. SmithGroup designed the building and Clark Construction oversaw its construction. Water damage to the Parallams was observed during construction. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation v.

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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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In MZM Construction Company, Inc. In 2001, New Jersey construction company MZM Construction Company hired workers from a local labor union for a construction project at Newark International Airport. 1] MZM Construction Company, Inc. New Jersey Building Laborers Statewide Benefits Funds, No. 14, 2020).