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OSHA Concealed Spaces - Final Rules Effective August 3, 2015

Construction Dive

As reported by Craig Martin at the Construction Contract Advisor blog this week, the final rule, issued May 4, 2015, includes crawl spaces, manholes, tanks and sewers and will take affect August 3, 2015. Part of this agenda included confined spaces. Read more.

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Table for One, Please

Construction Equipment

Construction began in 2015 because St-Denis Street, between Duluth Avenue and Marie-Anne Street, requires new sewer and water pipes. The Hachoir restaurant in Montreal is frustratingly located at the intersection of Rachel and St-Denis streets — both of which are under construction. The work won't wrap up before November 2016.

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All Water is Greywater - So Don't Ban Greywater in Your Plumbing Code

Green Building Law Update

As governments across the country enter the triennial building code cycle, including adopting the 2015 International Plumbing Code, it is key that they not ban greywater use. In a potable water constrained world, local governments should not delete 2015 IPC Chapter 13 Nonpotable Water Systems when adopting plumbing codes this year.

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Unique Parts of the European Construction Industry

Constructonomics

As the end of 2015 draws near and the countdown to the Christmas holidays begin we look at some major European construction jobs that are also nearing completion. While this new east-west link has been built life has went on above ground uninterrupted as this rail network is threaded through the sewers, cables, and foundations of London.

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Illinois Supreme Court to Review Burke Case

Construction Lawyer

Heritage Bank, 2015 IL App (3d) 140064 (Jan. The engineer prepared a plat of a proposed subdivision of the property, including plans for sewers and roads. The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to review a case, Burke Engineering v. The engineer had been hired by the contract purchaser of the land prior to obtaining title to the land.

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Illinois Supreme Court to Review Burke Case

Construction Lawyer

Heritage Bank, 2015 IL App (3d) 140064 (Jan. The engineer prepared a plat of a proposed subdivision of the property, including plans for sewers and roads. The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to review a case, Burke Engineering v. The engineer had been hired by the contract purchaser of the land prior to obtaining title to the land.

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#75:  Recovery for Defective Work After Termination for Convenience

NH Construction Law

Water & Sewer Authority , 70 A.3d 3d 406 (2015), for example, held that liquidated damages could be recovered from a contractor who was terminated for convenience. .” Depriving a terminated contractor of an opportunity to cure defects was likewise the basis for rejecting defective workmanship claims in TRG Construction, Inc.