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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

The primary advantage of JOC has historically been is the flexibility permitted in ordered quantities and delivery scheduling. A public agency can place orders with one or more contractors when the actual need appears and received on-demand services from a vetted service provider. Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

Substantial financial penalties have been recovered by the Federal Trade Commission and the 50 state attorneys general, not to mention in private civil actions. So there are implications for owners and operators of green buildings. This waiver is specific for LEED Version 4.0. The similar waiver for LEED v2009 is still in effect.

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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Defense Production Zones: Virginia authorizes its communities to establish local defense production zones to benefit businesses engaged in the design, development or production of materials, components or equipment required to meet the needs of national defense.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

1 home builder in building permits and construction value, scaring off every large-volume, multistate production operation that dared enter Ivory’s Wasatch Mountain lair. 1 home builder in terms of building permits and construction value and reaching the milestone, in 2019, of 20,000 homes sold (right). Photos: courtesy Ivory Homes.

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4 Best American-Made Work Boots

Work Gearz

When working in hazardous conditions, the proper work gear is fundamental as the first line of defense against the hazards of any profession. The Federal Trade Commission has established a “ Made in USA Standard ” that requires manufacturers to label products in good faith. This title refers to a 1941 amendment where the U.S.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

For the past few years, we have issued a Metro ranking for our annual evaluation of aerospace/defense manufacturing leaders. More than 162,000 workers are directly employed in the aerospace/defense industries in the Golden State. aerospace and defense industry directly employed 1.05 Florida and Arizona round out the top five.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

He did return every summer to work on a permit as a union carpenter with his father. Postal Service, and several agencies in Department of Defense. Jenny had commissioned a well-known St. Dennis decided to pursue architecture as his career, making the grades to enter the architecture school at the University of Illinois.

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