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Pre-Bid Documents and Estimates Can’t Be Hidden Behind the Curtain in Disputed Delay Claims

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12, 2021), the contractor filed suit to recover damages from the City on numerous combined waste water treatment projects. (Mar. 12, 2021), the contractor filed suit to recover damages from the City on numerous combined waste water treatment projects. million delay claim included approximately $2.3 In WDF, Inc. 652478 (N.Y.

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How is Artificial Intelligence Helping Home Buyers?

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Mon, 09/20/2021 - 11:22. Some home selling and lending services like Compass, Zillow, and LoanSnap claim their artificial intelligence (AI) tools can search through millions of documents in seconds to find the right property for buyers and match the perfect loan type to borrowers.

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How to Get Paid on New Jersey Public Projects

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A large amount of that funding is going to go directly to individual states, and with the state adopting new laws in 2021 that reconfigure the bidding process — along with adding the “design-build” option to the public construction process — there are plenty of opportunities for contractors across New Jersey. Preliminary notice requirements.

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#127:  Subcontract "Flow Down" of Prime Contract Terms

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5th 658 (2021), went the other way. ” The State paid the general contractor per square yard of finished concrete surface excluding curbs, but the Supreme Court held that this wasn’t binding with respect to the subcontractor’s claim against the general contractor, id. Brait Builders Corp. , 65, 78, 972 N.E.2d

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Test the Bounds of Job Order Contracting?

Job Order Contracting

By Garret Murai , February 15, 2021 (source: [link]. B291940 (October 26, 2020), 2nd District Court of Appeal, involved a JOC contract, a JOC contractor who charged rates higher than those specified in the unit price book, and the JOC contractor’s defenses against claims by the public entity that it had overcharged for its work.

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7 Ways to Improve Construction Site Safety

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It’s no surprise that the 10 most frequent OSHA violations mirror the Focus Four risks : Fall protection, ladders, and scaffolding accounted for 60% of the top violations in 2021. . Document & track safety incidents. 7 best practices to improve construction site safety. As the saying goes, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.”

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2021 Pro Builder Top 100 Products

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2021 Pro Builder Top 100 Products. Fri, 08/06/2021 - 07:00. Rated for wall and roof applications, the system eliminates the need for secondary housewrap or roof underlayment in most cases, LP claims. The Top 100 is Pro Builder 's annual recap of the building products readers wanted to know more about during the past year.