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CBCA Offers Potential Insight Into How Board Will Handle Claims Related to COVID-19

Constructlaw

Department of State , 1 the Board rejected a contractor’s claim for additional costs related to demobilization and remobilization of the job site in Freetown, Sierra Leone, due to an Ebola virus outbreak. In Pernix Serka Joint Venture v. In mid-March 2015, PSJV remobilized to the site. The Board found both of these arguments unavailing.

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Four New LEED Pilot Credits Respond to COVID-19

Green Building Law Update

INpc136 Safety First: Re-Enter Your Workspace is a special pilot credit with a possible 1 point. creating a re-occupancy assessment and requirements for an operations plan and the drafting of a management and operations plan. INpc137 Safety First: Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Space is a special pilot credit with a possible 1 point.

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N.C. Construction Law, Policy and News blog: Worthy insights regardless of where you live

Construction Marketing Ideas

Cultivate a culture of jobsite safety. Having a track record for operating safe jobsites makes your company more attractive to the best owners, keeps your workers’ compensation mod rate in-check, and decreases the chances you’ll be spending time & money this year defending against claims. Safety first, every day.

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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

The representative, ideally the Safety and Health Director or Manager or someone in upper management, should be well-versed in OSHA standards applicable to the business, health and safety conditions of the workplace under inspection, location of required records to be kept under OSHA (e.g. Get advice from counsel if you are in doubt.

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

Job Order Contracting

Preventative maintenance is critical to facilities occupant health and safety, as well as meeting an organization’s fiduciary responsibilities. Check Bollard/Barricade safeties (proximity, Photo, infra red, pressure etc) 7. Check operation of safety edges, stops, electric eye, treadle, or other operating devices.

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constructionattorneyblog: New AIA documents and Arbitration

Construction Lawyer

Sabo & Zahn: construction attorneys, architect/attorneys, architect-attorneys architect, construction, construction law, construction attorney, construction litigation, lawyer, A201, B141, B101, seminar, CEU, LU, HSW, AIA-CEU, AIA-LU, CE, construction seminar, health safety welfare, continuing education, learning units, continuing education units.

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How to Create Winning Daily Reports in Construction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Risks and Safety Incidents: Both the unrealized risks and the actual accidents or safety violations are crucial to your later understanding of what happened that day. Prime among them are their roles in legal disputes, specific claims and project team documentation.