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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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The Issues Associated with Using Location Factors and “national average” cost databases

Job Order Contracting

ccc, Developing Location Factors Using a Factoring Method, International Cost Engineering Council, ICEC International Cost Management Journal (ICMJ), 1998.). The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. (Peitlock, B.A.,

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

management. Journal of Management in Engineering, 10(6), 26-29. management in the UK construction industry. Management, 6(3), 159-168. International Journal of Project Management, 25(4), 386-393. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(3), 225-234. Management Institute. Akintoye, A.,

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

Job Order Contracting

Integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology with LEAN best management practices (BMPs). Supporting cloud technology – Program, Project, Estimate, & Document Management with export to PDF and spreadsheet formats. Accepted for 24 publication in 2013). Quantitative Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

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NIBS – Building Innovation 2013 Conference

Building Information Management

while still participating in the NIBS Building Innovation 2013 Conference. and… the communication and adoption of standard and/or “best practice” construction planning and delivery methods specific to all aspects of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. .”

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NIBS – Building Innovation 2013 Conference

Building Information Management

while still participating in the NIBS Building Innovation 2013 Conference. and… the communication and adoption of standard and/or “best practice” construction planning and delivery methods specific to all aspects of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. .”