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Consultant Offers Advice on Granting Time Extensions, Avoiding Claims

Construction Dive

” That was a key piece of advice -- “a basic rule for contract administration” -- an expert in construction claims avoidance and resolution gave last week during a WPL Publishing webinar. “Don’t wait to give time extensions; give them when they’re due.”

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Experts Offer Plenty of Advice during WPL Webinar on Subcontractor Delay Claims

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There are several steps that subcontractors should take if they want to maintain their rights to file delay claims, Navigant Construction Forum Executive Director James Zack said during a webinar that WPL Publishing held earlier this month. Zack and Navigant Consulting Inc. ” Read more.

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Consultants Discuss ‘Big Problems’ Involving Productivity in Construction Projects

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During WPL Publishing’s recent “Pricing, Preparation, Support and Analysis of Lost Productivity Claimswebinar, presenter R. ” Read more.'

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Consultants Offer Advice for Submitting TIAs

Construction Dive

June 2014 Download Library AdditionAs new webinar recordings are made available to the ConstructionPro Network free member Download Library on a monthly basis, ConstructionPro Week will provide a brief summary of each event for the benefit of its readership.

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Owners, Contractors Offered a Hearty Helping of Advice during WPL Publishing’s ‘Trends in Construction Claims and Disputes’ Webinar

Construction Dive

” Zack reported that he and fellow speaker Stephen Pitaniello, a managing director with Navigant Consulting’s Global Construction Practice, have seen situations “where owners find a clause or they hear about a clause used by an owner in another state or something [and say], ‘Man, this is really great!

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What Is the Primary Reason for Construction Claims?

Construction Dive

What is the most common reason for construction claims? Is it design consultants always trying to protect their designs? During “Empowering the Project Team to Successfully Avoid Claims,” a webinar that WPL Publishing held last week, presenter and Trauner Consulting Services Inc. Principal J.

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SEC Charges Mining Company with Misleading Investors in its ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

a publicly traded Brazilian mining company and one of the world’s largest iron ore producers, with making false and misleading claims about the safety of the Brumadinho dam including through its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures. Securities and Exchange Commission last month charged Vale S.A.,

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