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Contract Void Ab Initio: Key Insights into the KBR vs. Corps of Engineers Affirmative Defense

Best Practices Construction Law

The proposed amendment introduces an affirmative defense, contending that Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. Background: The contract in question, executed on July 9, 2013, was for the construction of an Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System site in Deveselu, Romania, with a firm, fixed-price amount of $134,211,592.

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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. On October 25, 2013, the U.S.

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Construction Cost Estimating, Location Factoring, and National Average Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

Many in the public sector are unaware of the construction cost estimating issues caused by the use of national average cost data and location factoring. The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. Martinez, A., Martinez, A.,

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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

Job Order Contracting

private interest sued the United States as a “bid protest to challenge the decision of the Department of Defense (“DOD”) to standardize its facility condition assessment needs through the Sustainment Management System (“SMS”)”2 2014: NNSA implements BUILDER with two pilots (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Pantex Plant) 1 S.

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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. Abudayyeh, O.

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Oshkosh Corp. Income Up for 1Q 2013

Construction Equipment

reported fiscal 2013 first quarter net income of $46.2 Consolidated net sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 were $1.76 percent compared to the prior year first quarter due to a decline in defense segment sales. Consolidated net sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 were $1.76 January 25, 2013. read more

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C.W. Driver Receives 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Driver has recently been recognized by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve as one of the 15 recipients of the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. PASADENA, Calif. -- C.W. The Freedom Award is the highest recognition given to employers for exceptional support of guard and reserve employees. frontpage'

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