Federal Construction Contracting Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Notable about this case is the contractor’s invocation of a July 2, 2020 Department of Defense (DoD) memorandum concerning the financial consequences on contractors with firm-fixed-price contracts lacking an economic price adjustment clause during “historic and unprecedented challenges” in the wake of the pandemic’s onset.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 26, 2023

Furthermore, the pressure put on the environment is greater than ever, and the damages done to the planet are indisputable. AEC companies across the globe are now inundated with new and pressing questions in this fast-paced environment. What is our mission? How will new technologies impact our business?

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Building Information Management

MARCH 28, 2012

In the recent past, all new DOD construction projects were required to meet the LEED Silver or an equivalent standard and/or to comply with the five principles of High Performance Sustainable Buildings. This new code, based heavily on ASHRAE 189.1,

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Construction Specifier

APRIL 14, 2022

There are growing interests in using green roofs, blue roofs, and blue-green roofs to manage stormwater in urban centers such as Washington DC’s Green Area Ratio (GAR) environmental sustainability zoning regulation, NYC’s Climate Mobilization Act–Local Laws 92 & 94 and San Francisco’s Better Roofs Ordinance. Green roofs.

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Construction Specifier

MARCH 30, 2022

There are growing interests in using green roofs, blue roofs, and blue-green roofs to manage stormwater in urban centers such as Washington DC’s Green Area Ratio (GAR) environmental sustainability zoning regulation, NYC’s Climate Mobilization Act–Local Laws 92 & 94 and San Francisco’s Better Roofs Ordinance. Green roofs.

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Building Information Management

MARCH 12, 2013

Efficient project delivery methods such as JOC, Job Order Contracting, and SABER are an important element in the renovation, repair and sustainability of facilities. 2011 may need to be selectively adopted if use of this standard is to be cost effective in the DOD operating environment. .

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Open JOC is a standardized, independent, objective, and defensible method for organizing, describing, pricing, procuring, and managing renovation, repair, and minor new construction activities. JOC Unit Price Book. Davis-Bacon labor data, locally research and properly applied, providing 30%+ greateer accuracy than traditional sources.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Open JOC is a standardized, independent, objective, and defensible method for organizing, describing, pricing, procuring, and managing renovation, repair, and minor new construction activitivies. A locally researched unit price book, UPB, provides a common data environment for JOC and other LEAN construction delivery methods.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Open JOC is a standardized, independent, objective, and defensible method for organizing, describing, pricing, procuring, and managing renovation, repair, and minor new construction activitivies. A locally researched unit price book, UPB, provides a common data environment for JOC and other LEAN construction delivery methods.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 24, 2023

Because we found the components’ facility condition data were unreliable due to missing and inaccurate entries, as noted above, we were unable to analyze the relationship between facility sustainment funding and facility condition. DoD hasn’t achieved a clean audit since independent audits were initiated in 2017.

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Natural Building

JULY 27, 2008

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Building Information Management

JANUARY 8, 2013

and… the communication and adoption of standard and/or “best practice” construction planning and delivery methods specific to all aspects of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Collaboration, transparency, and performance-based win-win relationships are all BIM requirements.

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The Korte Company

AUGUST 17, 2018

As climate science matures, the impact of built spaces on the environment has come under closer scrutiny. While juggling sustainability and profitability at the same time is a challenge, construction companies can help owners achieve both by implementing green construction principles. Sustainable return on investment.

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Building Information Management

JANUARY 8, 2013

and… the communication and adoption of standard and/or “best practice” construction planning and delivery methods specific to all aspects of efficient life-cycle management of the built environment. Collaboration, transparency, and performance-based win-win relationships are all BIM requirements.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Ignorance is not a defense. In a conversation I had with Barry Giles, a true green building pioneer, in 2018, he said, “to truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry.”. It is no longer acceptable to look the other way.

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Work Gearz

MAY 22, 2021

Our top overall choice is Decibel Defense Professional Safety Earmuffs because we appreciated the NRR of 37 dB. Decibel Defense Professional Safety Earmuffs Earmuffs 37 dB Many color options, Padded, foldable Plastic, metal, foam. Decibel Defense Professional Safety Earmuffs. Comparison of Top Chainsaw Hearing Protectors.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 30, 2022

Organizations that provide leadership and commitment to collaborative environments are rare. Common data environment (glossary of terms and definitions, locally researched detailed unit price cost data). Partnering in a unit price environment. management of knowledge in project environments. Shared vision. Badenfelt, U.

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Work Gearz

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Volcom Breathable Thermal Defense 3 Layer Gore-Tex 2 zippered chest pockets, Taped seams Small to XXL Duck down. BETA AR JACKET - Packable, breathable, durable waterproof protection across the spectrum of alpine environments and activities, the Beta AR Jacket is created to deliver performance versatility. Pit Zippers. DWR-treated.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 6, 2014

President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. The Digital Lab will apply computing technologies to address the manufacturing challenges faced by the Department of Defense.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 5, 2017

provides a “total building sustainability package” to design, build and operate green buildings. Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America, that is also the owner or more green building and more LEED certified building than anyone else, uses a variant of ASHRAE 189.1-2009. ASHRAE Standard 90.1 ASHRAE 189.1

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Business Facilities

JULY 24, 2019

Bill Lee has cited TN’s business-friendly environment in several recent project announcements. This expansion in Jackson underscores the ripe environment for job creation and investment we’ve fostered here in Tennessee,” Rolfe said at the project announcement.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 17, 2023

Not only is the home’s interior design influenced by the property’s natural environment, but the outdoor spaces themselves required some creative engineering to work with the sloped lot. million home might not be overly concerned with their monthly utility bills, they may have an interest in sustainability.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

“Our diversified economy, an unemployment rate that’s the fourth-lowest in America, the fact that we’ve significantly raised the bar on education, an extremely productive labor force and our business-friendly environment here—this is why so many [global] companies tell us their most-requested worldwide transfer location is Utah.”.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 22, 2021

The “Social” components of ESG are among least measured factors in corporate sustainability despite being among the most impactful. There is no morally defensible reason for not doing everything in our power to end modern slavery and human trafficking. Additionally, it is suggested in the U.S.

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Work Gearz

MAY 13, 2021

No one likes to sustain injuries at work: of course, you don’t right? Thanks to the sustainable materials and contemporary craftsmanship. You’ve known which is best for your kind of work environment. Getting a job is ideal and also good, however getting the best and safer work boot is of great importance! What’s more?

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 19, 2013

billion and will grow sustainably for the foreseeable future, cumulating in more than $82.1 .” Specifically, the study finds: In the first three years following integration into the NAS, more than 70,000 new jobs will be created. billion in impact between 2015 and 2025. This translates to a loss of $27.6

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 21, 2013

We’re not sure how cleaning up the environment is related to world peace, but since the prize is named for the inventor of dynamite, it probably doesn’t have to make sense.). percent and that climate-change has become a self-sustaining phenomenon. He was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize, which was jointly bestowed on the IPCC.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

LiveXchange 2012 was kicked off with a nostalgic keynote from NFL Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood, who chronicled his meteoric rise from a kid playing Pop Warner football in Florida to a top pick in the NFL draft and a stellar career as a 5-time All-Pro linebacker and defensive captain with the Los Angeles Rams.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

“To truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry,” says Barry Giles, CEO of BRE America. “BRE There is no morally defensible reason for not doing everything in our power to end modern slavery.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 28, 2014

A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. The Stafford County Board of Supervisors is committed to maintaining a business friendly environment. The vision for this redevelopment area will result in a more pedestrian friendly environment and a mix of commercial and residential uses that create a sustainable market.

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Building Information Management

APRIL 5, 2013

. “New recommendations by a National Research Council (NRC) expert panel on green and sustainable building performance could lead to a revolution in building science by creating the first large building performance database” – Paul Fisette, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We’ve created an economic environment that keeps taxes low, has smart regulations, doesn’t allow for over-litigation and promotes a world-class workforce This combination lets families and employers keep more of what they earn and provides certainty for businesses to grow.”. 3 in Aerospace/Defense Industry Leaders, no.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. Phil Wirdzek is the founding president and executive director of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL). That said, major cultural change must occur in order to make significant progress.

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CivilJungle

JANUARY 21, 2022

Our long lasting and smart solutions coupled with state of the art technology provides sustainable and convenient solutions. Our product line has been enhanced over decades and provides efficient, sustainable, and innovative water management solutions by leveraging local and global knowledge continuously. Ocean lyke wood.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Helen of Troy, a designer and marketer of brand-name household, personal care and healthcare/home environment products, announced plans in early January to construct a 1.3 Sustainable energy—especially biomass—is an emerging industry for Mississippi with high growth potential. MS TARGETS BIOMASS, HEALTHCARE SECTORS FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 9, 2014

In an environment of green building standards, rating systems, and codes, it is the republishing of ASHRAE Standard 189.1 that may be the single most significant act in 2014 toward improving the built environment. provides a “total building sustainability package” to design, build and operate green buildings.

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ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

Environment. Sustainability. of Defense strongly disagreed with the reports conclusions. Agency for International Development did not calculate sustainment costs or otherwise ensure the long-range viability of the projects, the SIGAR wrote. SUBSCRIBE TODAY & receive immediate web access. Search our site: Infrastructure.

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