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*ISNetworld® Client Additions May 2024: Tips to Stay Compliant

Safety Services Company

Joins *ISNetworld® Sable Offshore is a Houston-based upstream company with extensive experience operating the Santa Ynez Unit in California. They currently operate three platforms in offshore California and a wholly-owned onshore processing facility, located in Santa Barbara. They also need to complete the necessary documentation.

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California Legislature Further Helping Subcontractors

Construction Law Monitor

I recently found a good article on JDSupra.com , always a great source for solid legal content, regarding California Senate Bill 474. It seems from the face of California Senate Bill 474 and many others like it across the country, that we are on a path toward heavy government regulation of our business relations.

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Coating for sustainability

Construction Specifier

National air district regulations also narrow the field of choices for architects and specifiers tasked with selecting eco-conscious coatings. USGBC released LEED v4 in 2015 with new improvements over previous versions, including increased flexibility, an emphasis on materials and resources, and streamlined documentation.

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EPC Contractors Procuring from Foreign Companies need to Reconsider their Contracts

Construction and Infrastructure Law

A recent California case may force engineering, procurement and construction companies doing business with foreign suppliers to reconsider—and maybe rewrite—their contracts. The Convention was created to allow and regulate service of process in a foreign country. In Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII v. When a U.S.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

This history combined with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) in 1994 which regulates the use of IDIQ, and availability of tools, cost data, services, and technology by more innovative JOC vendors, have made JOC more transparent, efficient, and competitive. Unite States Government Printing Office, House Document No.

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Satellite Study Reveals Parched U.S. West Using Up Underground Water

Business Facilities

A new study by NASA and University of California, Irvine, scientists finds more than 75 percent of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin since late 2004 came from underground resources. Bureau of Reclamation, and its losses are documented. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. “This is a lot of water to lose.

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OSHA Chemical Exposure Limits Dangerously Outdated

Safety Services Company

The report found that “increased procedural requirements, shifting priorities, and a rigorous standard of judicial review” were some of the hurdles facing the OSHA’s chemical safety efforts, and reported that it takes an average of more than seven years for it to develop and finalize exposure limits on each of the chemicals it regulates.

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