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Miami-Dade Reaches Deal to Build New Ship Terminal

Construction Equipment

Royal Caribbean Cruises and Miami-Dade County announced Tuesday night that they have reached a deal to build one of the biggest, a new state-of-the-art cruise terminals in the country at PortMiami. The Miami-Dade County Commission will vote on the agreement on July 6 before it becomes final.

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Turkey Point Water Accord May Not End Pollution Worries

ENR Construction

An agreement between Florida Power & Light Co. and the Miami-Dade County Commission to work together to address hypersaline groundwater pollution from FPL’s Turkey Point nuclear plant may be too little, too late to resolve pollution concerns.

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Slow as a Turtle? “No Damages For Delay” Clause Inapplicable to Contractor’s Claim Against Architect

Best Practices Construction Law

The general contractor in McLeod filed a malpractice action against the architect on a public contract for the City of Miami. The appellate court reversed, finding that the owner-contractor agreement did not insulate the architect from liability. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the architect.

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Pandemic-Related Economic Challenges Disproportionately Impacted Minority Households

Pro Builder

The case was similar for the share of households that reported having mortgage forbearance or a reduced rent agreement: Black (9%) and Latinx (10%) households were about twice as likely as white ones (4%) to report such a situation. Fear of Foreclosure or Eviction. Learning from Home.

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The impacts of affordability, remote work, and personal safety on urban life

BD+C

Our respondents come from cities in four global regions: North America (Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.), Income level creates the most variation in agreement for this statement.

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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]

Constructlaw

3] The decision is of significance because it brings the Eleventh Circuit — which encompasses the increasingly popular arbitration seats of Atlanta and Miami — in line with other circuit courts that have considered this issue. [4] Hidroelectrica Santa Rita S.A. but involving a non-U.S. 2) purely domestic awards made within the U.S.

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The Home Sales Process: To Chunk or Not to Chunk?

Pro Builder

I first heard about chunking as it applies to psychology,” says Roland Nairnsey, president of New Home Sales Plus , in Miami. At the very end of the process or during the close, everyone should be in agreement,” Daddario says. Road Map for a Customer Journey.