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5 Tips for Filing a Roof Replacement Insurance Claim

Construction Marketing

Filing a roof replacement insurance claim may be your only chance of taking care of the necessary repairs and renovations, especially after a huge storm, water damage, or other calamities and catastrophes. This having been said, here are 5 tips for filing a roof replacement insurance claim. Consider What the Policy Covers.

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Bargaining Room v. False Claims: 5 Tips for Negotiation of Construction Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

Earlier this week, a settlement was reached in dispute where the contractor and designer were alleged to have filed false claims with the U.S. The issue raises an important question: What should a contractor do during negotiations to allow for some “bargaining room” so as to avoid any appearance of filing a false claim?

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Your turn: Has COVID-19 spelled the death knell for open-plan offices?

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The novel coronavirus may have claimed yet another victim—the open-plan office. Open plan," which is used in about 70% of U.S.

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FTC Finds Truly Organic is Not

Green Building Law Update

million to settle a Federal Trade Commission greenwashing complaint alleging that their nationally marketed bath and beauty products are neither “certified organic” nor “vegan” as falsely claimed. These deceptive statements included claims that Truly Organic products contain “100% Organic Ingredients,” are “certified organic,” are “USDA.

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Courthouse Reporter Series: The Bizarre Case That Required a 117-Year-Old Expert

Constructlaw

These claims were dismissed for a very odd reason: the plaintiff’s expert witness wasn’t old enough. In so doing, the Court of Appeals erected substantial hurdles to successfully stating a claim against the DOT. The Munros’ claims had to fit within a statutory exception to sovereign immunity. The case arose from a car accident.

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New in Autodesk Build: Product Releases to Check Out in the New Year

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Assets | Progress Tracking + Assets The new progress tracking features within the Assets tool in Autodesk Build deliver a simple intuitive way to visually markup and track asset progress on 2D sheets. This will allow users to see who last updated each report template and gives more historical context.

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(possible) Roles of BIM in managing Variations

DebunkTheBIM

visualize here those curvy graphics that give absolute ‘proof’ to this theory). One area is ‘Visualizing Claims’. Nowadays a claim for a variation (and/or EOT) will include massive numbers of drawings, BOQs, complicated P6 schedules and often lengthy narratives.

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