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How to File a Lawsuit After an Injury At a Construction Site?

Construction Marketing

Unfortunately, injuries at construction sites are highly likely. You may wonder if you have legal recourse if you have been injured while working at a construction site. Now, let’s look at some of the most common questions about construction site injuries.

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Contract Void Ab Initio: Key Insights into the KBR vs. Corps of Engineers Affirmative Defense

Best Practices Construction Law

The proposed amendment introduces an affirmative defense, contending that Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. Background: The contract in question, executed on July 9, 2013, was for the construction of an Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System site in Deveselu, Romania, with a firm, fixed-price amount of $134,211,592.

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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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5 Success Factors for Construction Firms

Construction Marketing

Since the economy’s slow improvement, the construction industry has seen growth as well. Raken, a construction reporting app, shares success factors for construction firms in a recent whitepaper. Raken, a construction reporting app, shares success factors for construction firms in a recent whitepaper.

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There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

Green Building Law Update

Ignorance is not a defense. Slavery in the construction industry is not new, but this is not about the slaves who built the Egyptian pyramids in the Middle Kingdom period of 2600 BC. found construction as one of the top 25 industries where slavery takes place today. It is no longer acceptable to look the other way.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

The characteristics of strategic collaboration and efficient construction project delivery are discussed below. Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery. Shorter construction schedules than planned. Partnering: a team building approach to quality construction. Abudayyeh, O.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

is significant because it is widely suggested, just as a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is now standard practice in nearly every commercial real estate transaction in this country, that in the future the same will be true of a resilience assessment. The launch of RELi 2.0 The Green Business Certification Inc.’s Of note, RELi 2.0