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Construction Law: April 2024

Construction Law

Legislation state of play table Our regular update on the progress of regulations and legislation affecting construction and procurement compiled by Alignment Media. Alternative dispute resolution Non-disclosure agreements in settlement: they are not all bad!

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SCL members offered 10% discount on CL subscriptions

Construction Law

Society of Construction Law members can now have a unique 10% multi-year discount on subscriptions to the print version of Construction Law following an agreement between publishers Barrett Byrd Associates and the SCL.

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Subtle (and Not So Subtle) Effects of COVID-19 on the Construction Industry

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Material Procurement: The pandemic has slowed and shut down factories throughout the world. Health Insurance and Paid/Unpaid Medical or Family Leave: Local, state and federal responses to the pandemic have impacted the health care and leave benefits provided to workers. This is just a partial list of the impacts on our industry.

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A More Even Field: The Eleventh Circuit Overrules Its Precedent and Joins Most Circuits on the Applicability of Domestic FAA Grounds to Vacate Nondomestic Arbitration Awards[1]

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Risk Insurers v. Risk Insurers , 141 F.3d .; (2) purely domestic awards made within the U.S. and arising out of a commercial relationship between U.S. parties; and (3) nondomestic awards issued within the U.S. but involving noncitizen parties or other international elements. [5] arbitration law. 3d 327, 332 (D.C. 2019); Indus.

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Best Practice Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

County, State, and Local Governments, include secondary education unfortunately continue to use JOC simply as a means to speed delivery and bypass traditional procurement versus as a LEAN collaborative construction delivery method. This proposal is subsequently evaluated, and agreement is reached on quantities, time, performance period, etc.,

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Setting up a Job Order Contract

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Far too often, Owners engage in JOC to simply “bypass procurement” versus establishing a JOB ORDER CONTRACT to realize JOC’s significant potential benefits. Agreement Application for Payment. Certificate of Insurance. Submittal Schedule Summary of Builder’s Risk Insurance Policy. Certification.

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Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME

Job Order Contracting

But that’s not all, the DoD doesn’t leverage current system thinking and robust, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery workflows to maximize utilization of resource. Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME and waste millions of dollars and negatively impact mission needs.

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