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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. Partnering: a team building approach to quality construction. management.

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New Department of Defense Policy Accepts Green Globes

Green Building Law Update

In a tectonic shift in government policy, the Department of Defense will now permit the use of both the Green Building Initiatives’ Green Globes and U.S. The new “Department of Defense Sustainable Building Policy” supersedes the October 25, 2010 policy that authorized only LEED.

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

Job Order Contracting

LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting has a number of distinct advantages for repetitive repair, renovation, minor new construction and maintenance projects. General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DOD), and National 19 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Flexibility in quantity and delivery scheduling.

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Best Construction Safety Glasses for Men and Women

Work Gearz

Safety glasses are standard PPE for construction sites. Top Safety Glasses for Construction Comparison. Our Best Construction Safety Glasses Choices. The strong and durable polycarbonate wraparound construction offers a high level of direct eye protection. Product Lens Frame Weight Extras. and CSA Z94.3

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Finality in the Initial Decision under the 2007 A201

Construction Lawyer

Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier.

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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

Natural Building

Originally constructed in Ardmore, Alabama in 1808 before being restored at to the Burritt on the Mountain museum in 2007, the Joel Eddins House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. New England’s oldest stone house, the Henry Whitfield property in Connecticut, was constructed in 1639.

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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

Job Order Contracting

web-based with single instance for entire component) 2005: Navy selects commercial tool for facility assessments in lieu of continuing with BUILDER 2006: USMC begins pilot tests of BUILDER 2007: BUILDER 3.0 released and first version commercially available 2003: NAVY funds development of BUILDER 3.0 (web-based

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