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Governor Wolf’s Life-Sustaining Business Orders and Waiver Process Under Fire

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Wolf’s orders designating every business as either life-sustaining or non-life-sustaining violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; and. (3) Wolf’s orders violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause. 3) the business closure components of Gov.

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The Critical Void in Facility Management – Renovation, Repair, Maintenance, and Sustainability

Building Information Management

and associated renovation, repair, maintenance, and sustainability. Fewer Change Orders and/or Legal Disputes. It’s beyond time for change. Many, if not most, Real Property Owners have a serious management void when it comes to physical infrastructure stewardship (buildings, roadways, etc.)

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JOC – Job Order Contracting – Improving Productivity for Facility Renovation, Repair, Sustainability, and Construction

Building Information Management

Sure, you can tweak a few things here to attempt be more efficient with respect to your numerous renovation, repair, sustainability, and construction projects, but substantial productivity gains require fundamentally changing how you do things. Long term relationships and transparent information sharing are the norm vs. exception.

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Job Order Contracting Done Right! Open, Best Value, Efficient

Job Order Contracting

Focus is upon providing an Open Framework that can be used out-of-the-box, yet also be tailored to specific organizations and requirements, while still maintaining standardized informational core data to assure portability and information maintenance. The post Job Order Contracting Done Right!

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

My practice is almost exclusively sustainability including green building law, so a good response may be to look at a typical day. Responding to client email about impact of construction project change order on contemplated LEED certification, so that payment can be released today.

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Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

It is less costly and more sustainable to reuse existing buildings. With 345,000 buildings, with over 105,000 buildings more than 50 years old, the importance of efficient renovation, repair, and sustainability of existing buildings is paramount. Sustainment/Status Quo. Legal and Policy Framework. Visual Estimating.

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Planning for Construction Project Success

Building Information Management

Defining outcomes, deliverable, risks, rewards, role, responsibilities, data requirements, and specification early, while also encouraging ongoing improvement, can limit change orders, legal disputes, and project delays.

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