Construction Dive

AUGUST 27, 2014

By Bruce Jervis Authorities evaluating technical proposals on public construction procurements are tired of lengthy documents. Featured in this Week’s Construction Claims Advisor:Alaska High Court Rules on Lengthy ProposalContractor Recovers Attorney Fees When Lien Claim Arbitrated' Tight, concise proposals are the ideal.

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Procurement Lien Alaska Claims 55

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 7, 2022

The public sector could easily save 30%-40% of its budgets in this area with the basic implementation of robust, integrate planning, procurement, and project delivery methods. Adopt and implement robust LEAN, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes. Path to Improvement. Measure productivity.

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Management Construction Procurement Renovating 226

Construction Law

JANUARY 11, 2024

Construction insurance will experience increasing impacts from the accelerating spread of Artificial Intelligence technology across the industry, warns law firm RPC in its Annual Insurance Review. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Insurance Claims Accounting News 52

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Area Office notified a Sanford representative of the protest and requested that, within three business days, the company provide certain financial information for the five previously completed fiscal years preceding Sanford’s self-certification for the subject procurement. OHA agreed with Sanford that the size protest was non-specific.

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Contract Office Certification Procurement 98

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 31, 2021

Poor performance of one participant will often excuse other participants from the need to strictly fulfil their obligations, or entitle them to claim additional money from the owner. Finally, the workflow of traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery is just plain wrong!

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Construction Procurement Liability Contract 124

Construction Law

MARCH 1, 2024

Legislation state of play table Our regular update of legislation and procurement related developments is compiled by Alignment Media staff. Can challenges based on claiming that the dispute is too large or complex succeed? A key difference is the time during which claims can be made.

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Insurance Claims Safety Legal 40

Construction Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Editor’s comment Procurement slammed in Edinburgh Tram inquiry report Editor Nick Barrett laments the ‘litany of failures’ identified in Lord Hardie’s report into the Edinburgh Tram fiasco. Lessons must obviously be learned for future procurements; but none of them are new.

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Procurement Construction Insurance Legal 52

Job Order Contracting

MAY 12, 2020

While technology vendors (BIM, CMMS, CAFM, IWMS…) often claim to have solutions, the reality is that fundamental process change is the only path to significant improvement with respect to physical asset life-cycle management. The barrier is a simple one. They are now available with fulls suites of tools and services.

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Life Cycle Environment Management Procurement 117

ENR Construction

JUNE 7, 2017

The $800-million “signature bridge” that the state of Florida promised the people of Miami is distinguishing itself in another way: as a bitterly contested best-value procurement.

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Florida Claims Miami Procurement 45

Construction Law

APRIL 26, 2024

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is claiming a comprehensive victory from a judicial review of decisions made by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) relating to search warrants. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Accounting News Claims Site 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Managing the procurement process and properly tracking costs with international suppliers is critical to help mitigate risk. Taking it a step further, you also have insight into projected (unrealized) costs that have not yet been claimed. This process isn’t always easy.

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Autodesk Management Change Orders Forecasting 98

Construction Law

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The next thing you might be contacting your lawyer about could be your potentially over-inflated sustainability claims. Virtue signalling by ‘greenwashing’ could end up being more expensive than taking the measures you have wrongly claimed to.

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Claims Risk Infrastructure Finance 52

Constructlaw

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In a subsequent bench trial, the court denied Silvi’s CASPA claim, finding that Carney had withheld payment in good faith. Silvi asserted that the trial court abused its discretion in denying its CASPA claim. Silvi also argued that Carney hadn’t proven that the amount it withheld was reasonably related to the value of its claim.

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Pennsylvania Claims Concrete Contract 52

Construction and Infrastructure Law

JUNE 11, 2018

A recent California case may force engineering, procurement and construction companies doing business with foreign suppliers to reconsider—and maybe rewrite—their contracts. EPC company procures materials, parts, and equipment from foreign companies, it typically requires the foreign company to resolve its dispute in U.S. When a U.S.

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Procurement Contract California Contractors 40

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 10, 2021

While there has been a fair amount written about Lean principles, actual application in the form of an integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery methodology has been limited to 5% or less actual work. Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement. An introduction to building procurement systems.

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Construction Procurement Contract Management 164

Lets Build

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In any other case, claims will always wait for you just around the corner, putting extra pressure on the project’s budget and generating a multitude of administrative tasks. This administrative nightmare is the first step towards slower decision making, misunderstandings, and all in all costly and time-consuming claims. The reason?

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Site Project Management Schedule Claims 158

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) recently issued a decision regarding a contractor’s claim for increased performance costs due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery order contained numerous fixed-price line items, some of which the contractor needed to procure from an outside vendor.

Contractors 52

Contractors Contract Defense Claims 52

Constructlaw

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The New York Supreme Court (New York’s trial court) dispatched all of the owner’s claims on summary judgment. The designer, which had specified the wrong type of turbine, invoked New York’s three-year statute of limitations to defeat the owner’s professional negligence claim.

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New York Risk Claims Liability 52

Construction Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The delayed independent review into claims surrounding finances at the Teesworks development has found no evidence of corruption or illegality. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

Accounting 52

Accounting News Finance Claims 52

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 15, 2018

JOC reduces unnecessary levels of engineering, design, and contract procurement time along with construction project procurement costs by awarding long- term contracts for a wide variety of renovation, repair and new construction projects. Smaller projects were taking up to 1 year to procure creating a growing backlog of work.

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Contract Change Orders Procurement Estimating 100

Construction Law

JANUARY 4, 2024

Ecuador has beaten off a multimillion-dollar arbitration claim from an Australian engineering firm. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

Engineering 52

Engineering Accounting News Claims 52

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

In an era when concern over legal liability for building claims is real, not only enforced by the FTC and state attorneys’ generals, but also in consumer class action suits, it is likely unwise to make the claim that a building is net zero energy use or the like, what does net zero mean? Even as some aspire to get to net zero energy (.

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Construction Law

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) first strategic plan - a requirement of the Building Safety Act 2022 - has been published, claiming that its impact on high rise building design can already be seen. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Safety Regulation Plans Accounting 52

Construction Law

DECEMBER 1, 2023

‘Smash and grab’ has been revealed as the most common category of adjudication claim in the past year in the latest Adjudication Report from the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King’s College London and the Adjudication Society.

Accounting 52

Accounting News Claims Site 52

Levelset

MARCH 24, 2022

However, the steps to claim one differ from the standard construction lien process. After the preconstruction lien has been filed, a copy of the claim should be sent to the property owner by certified mail within 30 days of filing. Once filed, the claim will only be valid for 180 days from the date the claim was filed.

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Lien Utah Claims Security 52

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 30, 2022

Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and team. The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., Zero costs associated with disputes and claims. Fewer disputes and claims.

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Construction Project Management Engineering Management 222

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

These new project arrangements have proved challenging to the public procurement system. A recent challenge to a lease-leaseback arrangement in California was squarely addressed by the procurement statutes. The procurement was exempt from competitive bidding. The bidding laws in many states have been slow to keep pace.

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Bidding Finance Leases Procurement 51

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 16, 2015

There’s been a great little ‘article’ circling the web recently, claiming ‘How Building Information Modeling Saved One University $10 Million’. The architects talk ‘billable hours’ – were these hours already quoted for (and contracted to do) or left for change orders to claim later? How would that additional cost been justified then?

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Claims Modeling BIM Consulting 48

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Beat that with any other construction procurement and delivery process… you can’t. Projects that fully engage in partnering, result in successfully completed projects for USACE, along with fewer claims, better financial results, and performance evaluations for contractors.

Construction 100

Construction Renovating Contract Organization 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 18, 2016

orders and actions required by the Procurement Authority, are planned and discussed to. Procurement Authority with input from the FM team., The procurement authority and. The procurement authority are typcially the only people who have the responsibility and authority to place JOC task orders. procurement authority. •

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Contract Procurement Negotiation Project Management 100

Construction Dive

JUNE 4, 2015

By Bruce Jervis Project owners, both public and private, have moved enthusiastically to the “design/build” method of procuring construction services. And, by assigning some design responsibilities to the contractor, there is a reduction in claims arising out of construction details.

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Design Procurement Claims Contractors 48

Lets Build

JANUARY 7, 2021

Knowing what’s happening on the field at all times is one of the main keys to regaining control over your project and avoiding time-consuming claims. Construction claims the highest number of suicides in any profession. By collecting all project information in one place, you are able to see more and communicate better.

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Construction Project Management Plans Safety 174

Construction Dive

APRIL 30, 2014

The mere appearance of favoritism or impropriety is offensive to the public procurement system. The private procurement of construction contracts is quite different. The underlying policy is to treat all bidders fairly and equally, as well as to protect taxpayer dollars through open competition.

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Contract Bidding Procurement Claims 57

Construction Dive

AUGUST 20, 2014

The public procurement laws, however, with their emphasis on open competition, generally prevent hometown favoritism. Featured in this Week’s Construction Claims Advisor:Apprenticeship Bid Requirement Struck DownCessation of Work Triggered Payment Bond Claim Period' Some communities are trying a new tactic.

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Claims Procurement Bidding Employment 52

Job Order Contracting

MAY 31, 2017

Participate in the review and close-out of all Job Order Contracting task orders / projects, and make recommendations on, and assist in any disputes claims/issues and close-out activities of the project. Support JOC owner/JOC contractor negotiations between owner and contractors technical and procurement/purchasing teams.

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Contract Management Life Cycle Estimating 100

Best Practices Construction Law

AUGUST 17, 2016

Many delay, disruption, and loss of productivity claims are lost or substantially reduced in value because mistakes, errors and carelessness are reflected in the original schedule and plan of operations. Overlooking procurement of critical materials. Errors in technical logic. Incomplete schedules. Failure to consider resources.

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Schedule Contractors Claims Documentation 48

Constructlaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

It is easier to be successful in your claim if it is well-documented. Material Procurement: The pandemic has slowed and shut down factories throughout the world. You must understand what you can and cannot recover under your contract, and make sure you document your claims well and make all timely submissions.

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Industrial Union Contract Claims 52