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Ranked: Seven innovative noise reduction materials for commercial spaces

Construction Specifier

By Ryan Shure Many types of buildings are considered commercial spaces. Commercial spaces are often large, bustling structures, required to withstand a high volume of human and machine traffic, more than a residential property. Managing sound transfer into and throughout a large commercial building can present a serious challenge.

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FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

Job Order Contracting

Publicly available services that provide commercially available information.” 6 It important that commercial SaaS providers, and the associated infrastructure used to deploy SaaS products, meet appropriated compliance requirements for specified levels of security as developed by NIST.

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#130:  Secured Lenders' Rights to Construction Contract Payments

NH Construction Law

If the construction project is not yet complete, this puts the recipient of the notice in a quandary: paying the lender instead of the general contractor or subcontractor will likely induce a cessation of the work. Suffolk Construction Co. , Not unless he is prepared to pay twice! Reading Cooperative Bank v. 543, 553, 984 N.E.2d

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The Issues Associated with Using Location Factors and “national average” cost databases

Job Order Contracting

The RSMeans city cost index (CCI) and the Department of Defense area cost factor (ACF) index are two primary examples of location factor publications. Validation of methods for adjusting construction cost estimates by project location , University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository, 2010). Martinez, A.,

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Oshkosh Commercial, Access Equipment Sales Increase in 4Q

Construction Equipment

Oshkosh Corporation reported increased sales in its commercial and access equipment segments in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, ended Sept. Sales also increased in the company’s fire & emergency segment, and decreased in the defense segment.

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Community-based Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Community-based Construction Cost Estimating … The OpenCost TM Approach. Take advantage of several critical improvements relative to the collection, validation, use, and maintenance of detailed line item unit price cost data to improve construction outcomes. The estimator (owner/contractor/A&E, etc.)

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Behind the Build: Interview with Jason Waddell, Director of Construction Technology at Batson-Cook

Autodesk Construction Cloud

That’s where Jason Waddell , Director of Construction Technology at Batson-Cook , comes in. We do commercial construction, pretty much anything vertical. Half of our business is in healthcare, our specialty, and the rest is commercial: schools, park decks, and any other type of vertical construction.