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Dispute Boards: An Approach to the Efficient Resolution of Disputes in the Construction Sector

Constructlaw

Standing dispute boards, panels that are engaged for the duration of a project, often require the contracting parties to pay the fees and expenses for three professional engineers and/or attorneys to travel to the project site on a periodic basis and oversee complex technical disputes. Over time, these fees and expenses can add up.

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Yelp! When social media goes bad with sabotage

Construction Marketing Ideas

Olenski reports how a jeweler, trying to keep pace with bigger-budget competitors who apparently were buying positive reviews, decided to follow the model and induce the reviews with $200 compensation offers. In the first instance, back in 2005, I received a suprise Christmas Eve gift — hundreds of email bounces within minutes.

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Construction marketing: Business plateaus, growth, and succession

Construction Marketing Ideas

We might have been “large” for a small business then, but we certainly weren’t very well organized, and it took a gut-wrenching decline and near death experience through 2005-06 for me to realize we had it wrong.

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

Building Information Management

Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. Dee Cramer is an industry leader in 3D CAD and Building Information Modeling. Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Brittany Giel is a Ph.D.

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

Building Information Management

Building information modeling (BIM) is beginning to fundamentally change the building industry in a very positive way. Dee Cramer is an industry leader in 3D CAD and Building Information Modeling. Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Brittany Giel is a Ph.D.

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Could Richard Branson lose his playground in paradise? His Australian airline has collapsed, and now the billionaire tax exile is begging for a government bailout to save Virgin Atlantic, even offering to mortgage his sun-drenched Caribbean retreat

Construction Test

As one of the world’s wealthiest men, Sir Richard Branson is used to travelling by private jet, holidaying with politicians and hobnobbing with A-listers. As one of the world’s wealthiest men, Sir Richard Branson (second from right) is used to travelling by private jet, holidaying with politicians and hobnobbing with A-listers .

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Revit OpEd: Win a Free VisDay Pass

Revit OpEd

Prize does not include other travel or accommodation. Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2005. (73). ► December 2005. (7). ► November 2005. (14). ► October 2005. (13). ► September 2005. (13). ► August 2005. (7). ► July 2005. (5).

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