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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

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January is a great time to create a commercial construction checklist of resolutions to help improve your commercial real estate business in the coming year. Schedule a commercial construction preventive maintenance visit. While bidding on the commercial construction remodel of a 500+ sq.

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Why You Should Understand DBE Laws and Regulations

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Did you know that in FYI 2010, special agents with USDOT's Office of Inspector General (DOT-OIG) were responsible for 92 indictments, 72 convictions and over $18 million in financial recoveries? Here's the key: the DBE must be performing a "commercially useful function." " What is a commercially useful function?

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SPECIAL REPORT: Site Location Factors For Automotive Suppliers

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Figure 1 : Motor Vehicle Parts; Manufacturing Establishments by County — 2010. Figure 1, which shows the 2010 density of motor vehicle parts manufacturing establishments by county, shows a distinct concentration of firms in the central and southern US. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.). By Mark Williams. Great Lakes U.S.

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State Focus – Indiana: Regional Plans Are Hopping In The Hoosier State

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Together, the utilities participate in business negotiations from the start to determine how the utility can “sweeten the deal” when needed. In the Indiana-Illinois region, commercial melon growers Melon Acres, Mouzin Brothers, Frey Farms, and Wabash Valley Growers also thrive.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Federal Court dismisses sub's claim against GC because of arbitration

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The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud.  Following VETS submission of the Initial Claim, VETS and LaSalle jointly negotiated with the U.S. If the net recovery on the claims were to exceed $4.3

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Construction Contract's arbitration provision is separable, based on

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The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. 2772,  2778 (2010).  He has handled all facets of litigation from pleading to motion practice to discovery to trial. Jackson ,  130 S.