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Define Construction Procurement

Job Order Contracting

Define Construction Procurement. Define Construction Procurement… It’s easy to define construction procurement right? Improper construction procurement methods and a relative lack of competency on the part of procurement staff have greatly contributed to poor construction outcomes. Perhaps not.

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Project Labor Agreements (PLAs): What Contractors Need to Know

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In early February 2022, President Biden signed an executive order requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on all federal projects over $35 million. What is a project labor agreement? A project labor agreement, or PLA, is a prehire collective bargaining agreement that sets the wages and benefits for all workers on a project.

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Why Technology Won’t Help Construction or Facilities Management and their LEGACY OF WASTE

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That said, not a single public sector real property owner organization has deployed a robust process system wide that efficiently integrates internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams with a common data environment. Not Rocket Science. The only barrier is the will to do so. Prepare For the Disruption.

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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon

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Additionally, GHGRP (codified at 40 CFR Part 98) requires reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) data and other relevant information from large GHG emission sources, fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and CO2 injection sites in the United States. Take back agreements. Waste and packaging. Use of biogas for chilling. Conclusion.

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Construction Law: April 2024

Construction Law

Editor’s comment Government go-slow on infrastructure investment shows no signs of abating Editor Nick Barrett asks with a general election looming, if there is any prospect of a reversal in years of underinvestment in the UK’s infrastructure. Alternative dispute resolution Non-disclosure agreements in settlement: they are not all bad!

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£8bn race starts for Northumbrian Water AMP8 deal

Construction Enquirer

It also is using the procurement race to create new capacity in the water industry and support market entrants. Northumbrian is joining the shift towards an embedded client collaboration model, based on an ‘enterprise’ approach involving shared a vision and values with contractors and joint incentivisation.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

BD+C

The building design and construction industry has an embodied carbon problem. This is the first time the federal government is prioritizing the use of American-made, lower-carbon construction materials in federal procurement and federally funded projects. Of that amount, $2.15