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

Job Order Contracting

Master Contracts/Master Agreements – Optional-use contracts whose purpose is to facilitate obtaining supplies and services from multiple contractors by placing competitive work orders. Accepted for 24 publication in 2013). Disaster Debris Removal Monitoring 32 Services Agreement, Exhibit A, Scope of Services. REFERENCES.

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It is Settled. The Wind Blows in Prattsburgh.

Green Building Law Update

After a failed moratorium and years of litigation to void a settlement agreement, 34 wind turbines may finally be erected in the Town of Prattsburgh, New York. Wind is one of the cleanest and most sustainable means of generating energy but some in the environmental movement see wind turbines as “Cuisinarts in the sky.”

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You Need to Review a SITES Scorecard, Now

Green Building Law Update

SITES is a sustainable landscape rating system. And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., SITES v2 is a voluntary set of guidelines and performance benchmarks to assess the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of sustainable landscapes.

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You Need to Review a SITES Scorecard, Now

Green Building Law Update

SITES is a sustainable landscape rating system. And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., SITES v2 is a voluntary set of guidelines and performance benchmarks to assess the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of sustainable landscapes.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

success through an incentive agreement: lessons learned from an underground railway. Empirical analysis of traditional contracting and relationship agreements for. Delivering Sustainable, High-Performance Buildings: Influence of Project Delivery Methods on Integration and Project Outcomes. T., & Yeung, J. M., & Ho, K.

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Medient To Build America’s Largest Movie Studio In Georgia

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The MOU is the memorialization of an agreement with Medient that will create in excess of 1,000 permanent jobs with an initial capital spend in excess of $90 million on a property located 15 miles from the Savannah/Hilton Head International airport. Construction is expected to commence in summer, 2013.

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Magnolia LNG Announces $2.2 Billion Export Facility In Louisiana

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Facilities like these will help create and sustain thousands of jobs in the energy industry across our state and will ensure quality jobs for Louisiana families for years to come.”. Magnolia LNG would distribute to domestic markets as well as countries that have free trade agreements with the U.S. “We venture by 2015.”.