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Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification

GCP Applied Technologies

Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification. The webpage also provides downloads—helpful worksheets and a "Guidelines" PDF 1 —for plants to make strides toward sustainability. Typically, extra water is added in the batching process to compensate for slump loss that the wet concrete will endure in transit.

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9 Best Practice Tips for a Schedule Analysis of Construction Delays

Best Practices Construction Law

According to the article, there are eight guidelines that any schedule delay analysis comply with, including: Compare the planned work before and after each delay. Generally, the delay must affect the critical path of the work to be compensable. If the delay absorbs the “float” in the schedule, then it is not compensable.

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What I Learned from My Kids About Delay Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

According to a great Construction Law International article by my friends Don and Rob, there are eight guidelines that any schedule delay analysis comply with, including: Compare the planned work before and after each delay. Generally, the delay must affect the critical path of the work to be compensable. So, which method is correct?

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6 Ways the COVID-19 crisis will reshape the construction industry

Lets Build

It is now apparent how critical it is to provide compensation and support to employees as strict community quarantines are placed. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments had to issue new guidelines on compensation, including new filing deadlines, work-time reductions, and rules on employee leaves, to account for the lockdown.

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8 Best Practice Tips for a Schedule Analysis of Construction Delays

Best Practices Construction Law

According to the article, there are eight guidelines that any schedule delay analysis comply with, including: Compare the planned work before and after each delay. Generally, the delay must affect the critical path of the work to be compensable. If the delay absorbs the “float” in the schedule, then it is not compensable.

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Job Order Contracting Guide

Job Order Contracting

Labor rates are for direct labor, without overhead and profit, however include fringe benefits and allowances for Social Security and Medicare taxes, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance and employee benefits. Payroll taxes and workman’s compensation are included in the labor rates. copyright of CSI.

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What I Learned from My Kids About Delay Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

According to a great Construction Law International article by my friends Don and Rob, there are eight guidelines that any schedule delay analysis comply with, including: Compare the planned work before and after each delay. Generally, the delay must affect the critical path of the work to be compensable. So, which method is correct?

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