Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports slips, trips and falls comprise nearly 25 percent of all reported accident claims, including roughly 12,000 accidental deaths every year in the United States. Employers are placed in a difficult position.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 22, 2018

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports slips, trips and falls comprise nearly 25 percent of all reported accident claims, including roughly 12,000 accidental deaths every year in the United States. Employers are placed in a difficult position.

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Construction Business Owner

JULY 27, 2017

In 2005, Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reduce commercial energy consumption in the Unites States. Every eligible company should claim this powerful incentive, but businesses are not always aware of it, even though the incentive has been in effect for over a decade.

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Constructlaw

JUNE 23, 2020

United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Grimberg Co., 2019-1608, 2020 BL 215269 (Fed.

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Constructlaw

JULY 6, 2020

The United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (the “Board”) recently issued a decision that may be particularly pertinent in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. 15 Following PSJV’s resubmission of the REA as a certified claim, and the contracting officer’s denial of that claim, PSJV appealed to the Board. 22, 2020).

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Natural Building

MAY 2, 2020

This recent article at insideclimatenews.org titled Inside Clean Energy: 6 Things Michael Moore’s ‘Planet of the Humans’ Gets Wrong , written by Dan Gearino claims that t he documentary’s “facts” are deceptive and misleading and way out of date. It is, at best, misleading. Solar accounts for 8 percent.

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Best Practices Construction Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In a recent Board decision dated December 13, 2023, the United States Army Corps of Engineers sought to amend its answer in the case of APPEALS OF – KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT SERVICES, INC., Falsely claiming to have submitted a Technical Assistance Agreement to the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. under Contract No.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JULY 3, 2013

Construction is one of the riskiest businesses in the United States. What do you think causes construction claims and disputes? When a problem faced by one party in the construction process is ignored or recognized late, the problem may escalate into disputes and claims. Mandatory advance notice of claims.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JANUARY 8, 2015

2009) , the contractor involved in building a 53-mile road around the island of Babeldaob submitted to the Corps a claim for delays and additional costs incurred because of high humidity, rainy weather and moist soils encountered on the project. The government filed a counter-claim alleging fraud and other violations.

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Best Practices Construction Law

OCTOBER 10, 2012

United States , the plaintiff-contractor agreed with the defendant-federal government to build a post office in which plaster column models and ornamental work were to be supplied by the government. The claims were made by the contractor on its own behalf, as well as on the behalf of its subcontractor. The Background.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 7, 2022

By common consensus and every available measure, the United States no longer gets its money’s worth in construction, the nation’s largest industry. More than half the time wasted during construction, the study teams have found, is attributable to poor management practices.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

the Court of Federal Claims reminds contractors to read claim release language carefully before executing any agreement or modification. Claims under TOs 22 and 25 were the subject of a contracting officer’s final decision, the denials of which T.H.R. The parties ultimately reached a settlement agreement regarding these claims.

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 3, 2016

million to the United States to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed the government for work on multiple projects on military bases. Harper Construction Company, Inc. has paid $5.4

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Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 21, 2022

The government argued that under the Sovereign Acts Doctrine actions taken by the United States in its sovereign capacity shielded it from contractual liability for those acts, including the actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 1, 2017

However, the FTC is clear that “marketers must identify all express and implied claims that the advertisement reasonably conveys” and “ensure that all reasonable interpretations of their claims are truthful.” The website still claims the Sunscreen SPF 30 is “all natural.” 62125 (2012).

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BD+C

JANUARY 9, 2017

China moved from second to first place in rankings of countries with the most LEED-certified space outside of the United States. China has 34.62 million gross square meters (GSM) of certified LEED space. Canada, India, Brazil, and the Republic of Korea rounded out the top five nations on the list.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 5, 2021

In the Old Testament when Isaac attempts to dig anew his father’s wells the shepherds of the wadi Gerar, claim, “the water is ours” forcing the patriarch to move on to dig a well elsewhere. And while the right to water is today a momentous global problem, it is also a serious dilemma in the United States.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

As two recent Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (the Board) decisions involving contractor claims for COVID-19-related costs illustrate, the distinction between these two roles can make or break a contractor’s claim. As the Court of Claims in Jones v. The CO denied the claim and the contractor appealed.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 30, 2021

While the idea of ESG began in 2004 with a United Nations initiative to influence capital in non Western markets, in 2021 the legal and political institutions in the United States and the EU are demanding those ideas be implementing with due haste.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

United States. In 1993 the Supreme Court of the United States upset the applecart of the admissibility of expert scientific testimony. In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , the Supreme Court held that Federal Rule of Evidence superseded Frye’s general acceptance test.

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Best Practices Construction Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

22, 2017), a government contractor sought damages, including “business devastation” losses, under a timber sales contract with the United States Forest Department. United States , 101 F. The Board concluded that that business devastation claim was be too remote. In Michael Johnson Logging v.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 27, 2021

ICON claims its Vulcan construction system can deliver homes and structures up to 3,000 square feet that are built to the International Building Code (IBC) structural code standard and expected to last as long or longer than standard Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) built homes.

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NH Construction Law

JUNE 30, 2020

The plaintiffs in Yearsley sued to recover damages for land that was washed away as the result of work done by a contractor in building dikes in the Missouri River under a contract with the United States Government. United Technologies Corp. , ” 28 U.S.C. § § 2680(a). ” Id. ” Campbell-Ewald Co.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MARCH 5, 2018

Waukegan Steel, LLC , an employee brought a False Claims Act (FCA) against his employer for false billing and certification on a goverment project. While the court’s decision focused on the type of allegations necessary to prove fraud on the FCA, the opinion is instructive to avoid FCA claims. Jesse Sloan v. 3730(b).

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Construction Equipment

AUGUST 22, 2016

Declared “the worst disaster to strike the United States since Superstorm Sandy” by the American Red Cross, the historic flooding that has ravaged Louisiana has claimed at least 13 lives, made 20 parishes federal disaster areas and has forced thousands of people from their homes.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

making a claim that a company’s building is constructed with bird collision deterrence features, as evidenced by compliance with that particular LEED credit, but not the entire LEED rating system). government and The Group of Seven.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 27, 2016

I previously blogged about the rules relating to pass-through claims , where a prime contractor’s recovery from an owner for damages suffered by its subcontractor is limited in certain circumstances. KBR submits a certified claim with the Army for $10.4 In Kellogg Brown & Root Servs., million; and. million; and.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The company works on highways, bridges and airports in the United States, but it also has international operations in the Middle East. It claims annual revenues of more than $1 billion. Lane has satellite offices in Maine, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Illinois.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Trademark Application 85/952,773 to register “The Sustainable Sites Initiative” trademark and filed other associated applications including to register the “SITES” trademark, claiming sole and exclusive ownership of the marks. and The American Society of Landscape Architects'' Library and Education Advocacy Fund, Inc.,

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Construction Junkie

APRIL 30, 2020

ELIGIBILITY: This contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years or older at the time of entry. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these official rules.

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Construction Junkie

APRIL 29, 2020

ELIGIBILITY: This contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years or older at the time of entry. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these official rules.

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Construction Junkie

APRIL 28, 2020

ELIGIBILITY: This contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years or older at the time of entry. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these official rules.

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Construction Junkie

APRIL 28, 2020

ELIGIBILITY: This contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years or older at the time of entry. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these official rules.

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Construction Junkie

APRIL 27, 2020

ELIGIBILITY: This contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years or older at the time of entry. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these official rules.

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Best Practices Construction Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

United States , the contractor who had been awarded a fixed price, time sensitive contractor to repair pavement at an Air Force base filed suit against the Department of Defense (“Agency”), alleging it had been wrongfully terminated for default. ” In Alutiiq Manf. Contractors, LLC v.

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Constructonomics

DECEMBER 1, 2012

The price tag on City Center actually makes it the most expensive privately funded construction project in the United States. The owner of the Hotel is claiming that the $275 million building requires a complete demolition due to the omission of required reinforcement in the lower level concrete columns.

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Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

22, 2020) (PDF) , the United States District Court for the District of Maryland held that a construction contractor had waived certain payment obligations by accepting late payments without, but that it did not waive the same payment obligations with respect to future payments. In Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc.

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