Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 19, 2020

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. Buried in the more than 800 page Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 was Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act).

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PSMJ Resources

JANUARY 31, 2011

If you serve government clients, you should be prepared to support your management compensation and bonuses as the year end approaches. There is increased concern among various segments of our public sector clients over compensation and bonuses in A/E firms. Generally, this requires that you have survey support for base salaries paid.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., provides an important liability protection, including from cleanup costs, for parties who qualify as bona fide prospective purchasers (BFPPs).

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2021

The later are significant due to multiple issues, including but not limited to… highly variable workers compensations rates at the trades level, site access, material availability, etc. Locally researched detailed unit price cost data provides the granularity to drive defensible and transparent cost estimates at any level.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 26, 2020

This decision impacts on landowners in widely utilized state Brownfields programs, including those who enter the program in advance to purchasing a contaminated property as a defense to being a PRP. In an instructive environmental law decision last week, the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 31, 2019

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. Buried in the Consolidated Appropriations Act last year was Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). 9601 et seq.,

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

By Bruce Jervis On a public works contract, a “sovereign act” is the ultimate government defense to a contractor claim for additional compensation. A sovereign act occurs when the public project owner ? the government agency ? establishes a policy that is public and general in nature.

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Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

While the legal issue focused on the County’s right rely on the defense of sovereign immunity, the Contractor’s (and it expert’s) characterization of the damages was critical to the outcome of the case. The contract allowed for “delay damages” if the Contractor’s request for those damages “is determined to be compensable.”.

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Construction Dive

JUNE 25, 2014

By Bruce Jervis Most state licensing statutes make proper licensing a precondition to the contractor’s right to recover compensation for construction work. Project owners are quick to raise licensing deficiencies as a defense to a payment claim. The reason is obvious. This poses a challenge to contractors.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This coverage protects businesses from third-party lawsuits and pays legal fees for the defense of allegations of slander or libel. For example, if an engineer makes a mistake in designing a wall, and the wall collapses, this coverage will help pay for the legal defense of the claim. It can pay for medical costs and legal fees.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

If a third party gets injured on a job, liability coverage helps pay the cost of legal defense if you get sued for the accident. . If you break a window in a customer’s home, property damage coverage helps pay the cost of repair. Does a carpenter need insurance? Carpentry is a diverse occupation.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

A “no-damages-for-delay” (NDFD) clause is a very common contract term that provides a defense for the delay-causing owner or general contractor to assert against the harmed party’s request for damages. These clauses allow additional time, but no additional compensation.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Major Holdings, LLC , held a party could not assert a CERCLA defense because its Phase l report did not comply with the EPA rule. 9601) and petroleum products.”. But importantly, the new ASTM E1527-21 is Not yet recognized by the U.S. Just weeks ago the federal appeals court in Von Duprin LLC v.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 8, 2016

Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency, providing specialized assistance to businesses seeking assistance with contracting and subcontracting opportunities with the Department of Defense, other federal agencies or state and local governments.

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Levelset

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Workers’ compensation insurance : This coverage can help replace income and cover medical expenses if an employee is injured while on the job. A workers’ compensation policy may help cover the cost of medical treatment for such injuries. . GL helps pay medical costs and defense costs if a lawsuit arises.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Medical expenses, property damage, and legal defense costs can grow quickly. Workers compensation insurance. If your business is found to have caused an injury or accident, the other party will seek damages. These damages would then have to be paid from the assets of your business. .

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Insurance Liability Claims Injury 98

Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 31, 2016

While the legal issue focused on the County’s right rely on the defense of sovereign immunity, the Contractor’s (and it expert’s) characterization of the damages was critical to the outcome of the case. ” Owner-Related Delays.

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Claims Compensation Contract Contractors 48

FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It is entirely reasonable and legally defensible to require employees who are aware that they suffered an injury to report that injury before they leave the facility at the end of their shift, or within 8 hours of becoming aware of the injury, whichever is earlier. or a state workers’ compensation system.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 23, 2017

With more than 1,200 aerospace and defense companies in Arizona, it is easy to understand why PriceWaterhouseCoopers ranked Arizona number one for aerospace manufacturing attractiveness. Mesa has one of the nation’s most unique cybersecurity assets—Arizona Laboratory for Security and Defense Research (AZLabs). After leasing the U.S.

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Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 22, 2012

WorkSafe BC, Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia, has released information about the number and type animal attacks from 2005 to 2011. As a last means of defense against aggressive animals, pepper spray can be used. For more information on a custom safety program for your company, please contact us by clicking here.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JULY 29, 2015

general liability, builder’s risk, workers’ compensation, professional liability) over different periods of time, there may be a dispute as to which carrier covers the loss. In this case, Insurance Company #1 participated in the defense of the electrical subcontractor and ultimately paid to settle the dispute.

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Insurance Liability Claims Electrical 48

Help Everybody Everyday

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Today, I’m going to make the case for why many marketers are not being properly compensated under Federal law. And I’m going to provide all the information you or they would need to decide for themselves whether or not anyone’s compensation needs to be adjusted. The Highly-Compensated Employees Failsafe. This is huge.

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Employment Legal Compensation Regulation 48

Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Compensation is one of four sections in the 2019 version of the survey and analysis; the others are financial, operational, and insurance. In 2020, it’s apparent that some builders expanded well beyond their capacities, possibly at the expense of gross profitability, which Shinn calls a “first line of defense.”

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Profitability Finance Housing Compensation 52

Constructlaw

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Reynolds: The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the global economy has led to an increase in breach of contract claims, and a parallel rise in novel breach of con­tract defenses focused on excuses for non-performance. In those clauses, the overall success of COVID-19-based force majeure defenses is still unknown.

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Construction Lawyer

MARCH 27, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud.   The FLSA provides that employees, not otherwise exempt, are to be paid overtime compensation for hours in excess of 40 per work week.

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Construction Lawyer

MAY 30, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. He has handled all facets of litigation from pleading to motion practice to discovery to trial. The state went after Jacobs as the successor to Sverdrup.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 16, 2012

It is a right-to-work state, has a fixed 6 percent corporate income tax rate and has one of the lowest average workers’ compensation costs and unemployment burdens in the U.S., PPI/Time Zero, a leading provider of high-reliability electronics to companies in the aerospace, defense, medical and industrial sectors, recently invested $1.15

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 25, 2013

The airline said Thursday that it may seek compensation from Boeing for the grounding of its two 787s. Passengers queuing up to take the airline’s first flight back to Warsaw had to scramble to find an available hotel room instead.

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Construction Law Monitor

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

House Bill 1532 (Creating a good faith defense for certain minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints). This act requires the new calculations to begin September 30, 2011. Introduced by Rep.

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Construction Lawyer

OCTOBER 21, 2005

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. He has handled all facets of litigation from pleading to motion practice to discovery to trial. New York allows contractual indemnification.

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Construction Lawyer

MAY 20, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud.   The parties failed to enter into a written contract, because they were never able to agree on the terms of the architect's compensation.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

JUNE 15, 2012

General Liability and Auto/rental equipment insurance can help protect you and your company against claims for personal injury and property damage, and may provide you with legal defense of those claims. The customer may also receive the legal defense of a claim because your general liability policy for FREE!

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Contractor Bookkeeping

JUNE 20, 2014

General Liability and Auto/rental equipment insurance can help protect you and your company against claims for personal injury and property damage, and may provide you with legal defense of those claims. The customer may also receive the legal defense of a claim because your general liability policy for FREE!

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Insurance Construction Accounting Claims 48

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 8, 2016

Advanced Energy Deduction & Advance Energy Tax Credit: Receipts from selling or leasing tangible personal property or services that are eligible generation plant costs to a person that holds an interest in a qualified generating facility are deductible from gross receipts and compensating tax. Department of Defense.

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New Mexico Compensation Income Railroad 40

Constructlaw

MAY 3, 2023

Practitioners arbitrating construction disputes rely heavily on these concepts to present claims and defenses. As a result, the contractor submits a claim for additional compensation. Entitled to recover compensation resulting from the delay.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

AUGUST 9, 2012

In my opinion, and that is all I claim it to be, my opinion, the root cause is cognitive dissonance or "mental noise" wanting to do a good job for the construction company owners and then getting in their head they are the most important person at the company and should be respected and compensated accordingly.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

JANUARY 2, 2015

General Liability and Auto/rental equipment insurance can help protect you and your company against claims for personal injury and property damage, and may provide you with legal defense of those claims. The customer may also receive the legal defense of a claim because your general liability policy for FREE!

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