Safety Services Company

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore precisely how safety and compliance and its management can help you win contracts. With growing scrutiny on job site dangers and liability concerns, prioritizing safety is crucial in sustaining a competitive edge. Naturally, companies are likely to pursue bids from contractors who are at a lower risk.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law, something that is expected to happen by rulemaking at some point in 2022. Liability from old dry cleaners in retail sites that are beyond the boundaries of the “subject property” (.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 12, 2012

Home » Blogs. While documentation management and team member prequalification may seem fairly obvious sources of added costs and risks, administrative costs may not seem so obvious. This entry was posted on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 2:28 pm and is filed under Mark Reich Blog. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 19, 2011

Home » Blogs. These are risk takers, men and women who are driven to hustle and make a profit—not the sitting still type. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog. John Chaney Blog. John Meibers Blog. Julie Smith's Blog. Mark Reich Blog. Michael Moore Blog.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 1, 2012

Home » Blogs. According to my friend Eric Carter, President of Approach Technology , simplistic passwords are the biggest security risks. Your risk will decrease significantly. This entry was posted on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at 4:44 pm and is filed under Mark Reich Blog. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

The Procore blog combines serious content and more light-hearted fare. The Procore Construction Software Blog has systematic content built on informative and light-hearted concepts. Then there’s the deeply infomative and serious stuff, including, for example, a column: Three risk factors of IPD (Integrated Project Delivery).

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Construction Law

MAY 4, 2021

Liability for what went wrong has still to be established, but the report raises serious questions that all companies and individuals working in the rail sector need to ask. Other inquiries are being made jointly by Police Scotland, British Transport Police and railway regulator the Office of Rail and Road.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Home » Blogs. In this article, Schoppman explains how business owners should evaluate construction professionals on specific criteria to enhance margin, improve productivity and hedge construction risks. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog. John Chaney Blog. John Meibers Blog.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 25, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law. Last August, I blogged, I just read my 1000th Phase l Environmental Site Assessment this year , so we will not only track the final revisions, but report on them in a future post here.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 12, 2012

Home » Blogs. « The Business of Construction Risk Management. This entry was posted on Thursday, April 12th, 2012 at 11:47 am and is filed under John Chaney Blog. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog. John Chaney Blog. John Meibers Blog. Julie Smith's Blog.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Home » Blogs. I’ve mentioned in previous blogs that cloud computing isn’t really cloud computing if the software is just being accessed from a remote computer. Current software providers can jump on the bandwagon, or risk losing out to new developers, or perhaps even these specialty apps created by contractors.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Home » Blogs. I think it’s safe to say that when most people say they’re concerned with security, they’re concerned with mitigating the risk of fraud, both internally and externally, and physical access to the data. This entry was posted on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 3:30 pm and is filed under John Chaney Blog.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 29, 2012

Home » Blogs. The Business of Construction Risk Management » The Fundamentals of Building Information Modeling (BIM). This entry was posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 at 3:52 pm and is filed under Mark Reich Blog. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog. John Chaney Blog.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Home » Blogs. From his story it became clear to me that while you can do powerful things with spreadsheets if you devote the time, you run into three serious risks: Complex tasks require complex programming, something off-the-shelf spreadsheets aren’t designed to support (especially when it comes to troubleshooting). Categories.

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Construction Marketing

JUNE 19, 2023

Crane certifications are crucial for construction site operations due to their critical role and potential risks. A solid commitment to safety can help reduce legal liabilities resulting from accidents or non-compliance with safety regulations. appeared first on Construction Marketing Association Blog.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Home » Blogs. But most of the risks are either things within your control, or are at least calculated on likely outcomes. When gathering my thoughts for this blog entry, I called a local GC friend and asked him if he considered change orders a significant source of profit. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 7, 2016

Given the large number of inquiries we have responded to about Zika, including about liability for building owners, this is a repost of an updated version of my February blog post on the subject. But where a building has an insect management plan, the negligent implementation of a plan may arguably give rise to liability.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 4, 2011

Home » Blogs. Points to Ponder: I am writing this blog entry from a Delta 757 enroute from Atlanta to West Palm Beach for a meeting in the morning. Some well managed businesses took some overly aggressive risks and are no longer with us. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog. Industry News.

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Safety Services Company

JANUARY 5, 2024

As temperatures drop, the risks for contractors and construction workers multiply, from cold stress-related ailments to hazardous working conditions. Understanding and mitigating these risks is crucial for ensuring the safety and well-being of you and your team if you’re working in such environments.

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Construction Lawyer

MAY 30, 2012

Sabo & Zahn LLC is an Illinois Limited Liability Company. In other words, you use the stuff we post here at your own risk. Unlimited liability for designers and contractors. The statute of repose (similar to a statute of limitations) expired by 1982, extinguishing any liability by Sverdrup. Copyright Notice. Disclaimer.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 13, 2017

In an effort to mitigate risk you should not contract directly with an environmental consultant, but rather your attorney should contract with that consultant. What is described here is much more than simply good drafting of consultant contacts (e.g., What is described here is much more than simply good drafting of consultant contacts (e.g.,

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

EPA’s direct final rule allowing the use of the new ASTM E1527-13 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process” to satisfy the requirements for conducting “all appropriate inquiries” to qualify for liability protections. The EPA rule is at [link].

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 8, 2015

Those interested in the procedural history of this case may look to my earlier blog post Litigation Over First Ever LEED Platinum Building. Substantively the case suggests there is no more liability arising from green building versus other construction, but that the liability is different.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 8, 2015

Those interested in the procedural history of this case may look to my earlier blog post Litigation Over First Ever LEED Platinum Building. Substantively the case suggests there is no more liability arising from green building versus other construction, but that the liability is different.

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PSMJ Resources

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Failures by your subconsultants can lead to serious liability. risk is a well-written agreement. Mel Lesters E-Quip Blog. Sullivan Kreiss Building Design Executive Search Blog. Ford Harding blog. The Marketing and Business Blog. Deborahs Proposal Writing Blog. Corporate Finance Associates blog.

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Construction Law

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Projects may also risk litigation for failing to mitigate the release of carbon in their design, construction and operation. Interest from private funders to invest in low carbon infrastructure is said to be growing, but financial markets are highly sensitive to risk and see climate change as a big risk factor.

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Construction Lawyer

MAY 20, 2009

Sabo & Zahn LLC is an Illinois Limited Liability Company. In other words, you use the stuff we post here at your own risk. Liability for green design. Gary Cole has written an interesting blog entry about designers' liability for green projects here:  [link]. Subscribe to this blogs feed.

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PSMJ Resources

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

PSMJ Tips: New Project Delivery Methods = New Risks. with these alternate project delivery methods also comes new risks and. • Open to the liability of others. with your legal advisor(s) and liability insurer(s) prior to tackling. Mel Lesters E-Quip Blog. Sullivan Kreiss Building Design Executive Search Blog.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 14, 2020

This blog post is an update to my June 6th post, Two New LEED Pilot Credits Respond to COVID-19 , describing that the U.S. Green Building Council has announced that LEED will play a role in confronting risk in the coronavirus pandemic era. You may reasonably infer that I have posted an update (. LEED BD+C: New Construction v4.1

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PSMJ Resources

AUGUST 3, 2011

to Advance A/Es Risk and Practice Management. XL Insurance’s Design Professional group, specializing in professional liability insurance for architects and engineers and a part of the global underwriting operations of XL Group (NYSE: XL), and PSMJ, Resources, Inc., Mel Lesters E-Quip Blog. Ford Harding blog.

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Construction Marketing

JUNE 20, 2022

If the construction company fails to keep the site safe, they could face liability. Incorrect stacking of materials puts them at risk of toppling over. . Ways To Minimize Risk For Falling Debris Injuries. Some of the ways to minimize the risk include the following: .

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Those lawsuits primarily assert that the extraction, production, sale, and promotion of fossil fuels constitute a public nuisance and give rise to product liability under state common law and state consumer protection statutes; the plaintiffs are seeking relief largely in the form of compensatory and punitive damages.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 24, 2020

Over time coronavirus pandemic exposure claims may result in a new emergent subset of premises liability law, but in most instances it is presumed that body of existing law will control. All of this begs the question if a business owner’s premises liability insurance covers such claims?

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DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 6, 2011

“Insurance is all about risk management” Says Walid Shidani in his interview given to Rupert Wright, this week. For me, the high level of transparency BIM can bring to construction projects makes it an ideal risk-management and forecasting tool. Blog Archive. “Insurance is all about actuarial forecasting.”

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Construction Marketing

JULY 11, 2022

Surety bonds do not protect you against liability. The company will ask for some additional documents so that it can evaluate you and your business to determine your level of risk during an underwriting process. If the surety company determines that you pose a low risk, you will likely receive a low premium quote.

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Construction Marketing

JULY 30, 2019

Besides that, there is also the risk other unforeseen damages that can leave you counting losses. Besides that, if they are insured, you can be sure they will not become a liability in case they suffer an injury in the process of doing their job. As a matter of fact, hiring the wrong plumber is a recipe for disaster.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 30, 2019

And there does not appear to be a valid legal theory even articulated to pierce the corporate veil and find liability in individual LLC members. Watch this blog for how the case resolves, Note, this firm does not represent any of the parties nor did the parties or counsel participate in this blog post.

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