Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Certainly there are multiple variances from project to project, including but not limited to, labor skill requirements, capabilities, and availability, location/site issues, weather, construction means and methods, material/equipment costs and availability, regulations, and procurement processes. Shared risk/reward.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 26, 2012

Correction: It is now clear to me that I misinterpreted the testimony of Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. Read more here: Defense Department to Adopt Green Code and LEED.

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Certification Defense Green Sustainability 136

Viewpoint Construction Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2018

If you’re looking for practical information you can apply to your contracting business, as well as some interesting news about cutting-edge construction technology, check out CONEXPO-CON/AGG Radio , a bimonthly podcast brought to you by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The ConTechCrew.

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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. Locally researched labor, material, and equipment – cost localization factors are not used (Cost localization factors introduce gross error).

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Contract Procurement Renovating Life Cycle 100

Job Order Contracting

MAY 19, 2017

The OpenCost TM Approach provides the following features, benefits, and core defensible elements: Consistent and localized labor cost by trade. Appropriate materials and line items. Line items are reviewed for clarity and reasonableness to ensure basic building materials usage to common area quantities.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

2014, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings , addresses site sustainability; water-use efficiency; energy ef­ficiency; indoor environmental quality; and the building’s impact on the atmosphere, materials and resources. ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1-2014,

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Green Baltimore Life Cycle Sustainability 120

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. Locally researched labor, material, and equipment – cost localization factors are not used (Cost localization factors introduce gross error).

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Contract CSI Renovating Defense 40

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. Locally researched labor, material, and equipment – cost localization factors are not used (Cost localization factors introduce gross error).

Contract 40

Contract CSI Renovating Defense 40

Work Gearz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Therefore, the hard hat itself has to be made of such material so that it can withstand the pressure and impact of the objects while saving your head from the injuries. The most reliable materials till date trusted in the making of hard hats are Kevlar and carbon fiber. Calculating the stretch of the material is known as the stiffness.

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Materials Injury Equipment Electrical 40

Job Order Contracting

JULY 28, 2021

When entering into a JOC contract, a JOC contractor agrees to perform work at prices set forth in a Construction Task Catalog also known as a unit price book which includes current local labor, material and equipment costs. Unit prices are then adjusted by a “bid adjustment factor” based on the JOC contractor’s bid. The Torres Case.

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Contract Negotiation Los Angeles Estimating 130

NH Construction Law

DECEMBER 19, 2020

It is often said that a payment bond surety may assert all of the contractual defenses to payment enjoyed by its principal. 2d 404 (1990), construing Florida law, held that general contractor’s “pay-if-paid” defense was not available to a surety. I promised elaboration on this question in an earlier blog (# 8).

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Subcontracting New Hampshire Liability Defense 40

Levelset

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Who pays for damages caused by faulty work or materials? A couple of years after the construction of an industrial manufacturing plant, an electrical fire destroys the plant and the equipment inside. Completed operations coverage provides legal defense of the claim, which is found to be not of merit.

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Insurance Liability Claims Contractors 52

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the Department of Defense (and the Federal Government in general) is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) and/or time-based cost variances.

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Estimating Defense Procurement Budgeting 175

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 14, 2016

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and other state officials recently cut the ribbon on Phase 3 of the Robotics Technology Park, an $80 million, 85-acre campus in Limestone County where employees from Alabama companies receive training on the latest equipment from top industrial robot makers and automation software firms. Source: AIDT).

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Alabama Defense Equipment Schedule 40

Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

When thinking about safety you should consider: Are you using the appropriate personal protective equipment for the job? A hazard communication program for any materials present. Personal protective equipment training. Equipment and power tool guarding policy. Personal protective equipment requirements and training.

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Safety Accidents Equipment OSHA 48

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. Nevertheless, the Contractor completed its work within the contract time. Sovereign Immunity Argument.

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Claims Compensation Contract Contractors 118

Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

According to Deloitte’s 2014 Global Aerospace and Defense Outlook , the commercial aerospace sector is expected to experience significant growth this year, driven by continued record-setting production levels at assembly facilities and throughout the aerospace supplier network. Virtually every major defense contractor in the U.S.

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Industrial Products Michigan Defense 60

Work Gearz

APRIL 9, 2021

ounces Good fit over numerous prescription glasses styles, Protection against various materials. Protection against various materials. DUST DEFENSE. They have a foam gasket that is removable for comfort and as a seal to protect your eyes offering dust defense and moisture defense. Comfortable and affordably priced.

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Safety Construction Products Site 52

Work Gearz

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Safety Vest Material Closure Features ANSI Class Sizes. Quality material and construction. MATERIALS: 100% Polyester H-Vis Reflective Material, Durable, Breathable, Lightweight and Machine Washable. Two-inch reflective tape and armholes edge in reflective material increase visibility in the workplace.

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Safety Construction Roads Materials 52

Levelset

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Equipment floater : When transporting building products from one place to another, this floater can help protect the value of items like wiring, outlets, or lighting fixtures. Damaged equipment: An electrical storm may cause a surge that destroys a generator. GL helps pay medical costs and defense costs if a lawsuit arises.

Insurance 52

Insurance Liability Electrical Accidents 52

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. . Inland marine insurance : This coverage protects tools, equipment, or building materials while they are stored on the job, at your business location, or anywhere in transit. .

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Insurance Liability Accidents Injury 52

Work Gearz

JUNE 6, 2021

Pro-tective Equip Safety Goggles for Over Glasses Glass Rubber UV protection, ANSI Z87.1 Pro-tective Equip Safety Goggles for Over Glasses. Protective Equip Safety Goggles Over Glasses. They come in three sizes: small, medium and large: The frame material is rubber while the lens material is glass. Absolutely!

Safety 52

Safety Certification Products Materials 52

Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

According to OSHA, employees have three lines of defense should an emergency occur: SDS. Exposure to hazardous materials is a very real risk when it comes to permit-required spaces. They must also have the necessary equipment to perform the rescue. Furthermore, a confined space isn’t always a permit-required space.

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Permits OSHA Safety Guidelines 62

Safety Services Company

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A confined space is considered a permit-required space if it has the following attributes: A permit-required space houses hazardous materials that can harm an employee. List of equipment and procedures that would ensure the safety of the employee during use. They must also have the necessary equipment to perform the rescue.

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Permits OSHA Guidelines Safety 62

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 19, 2013

million to reimburse capital investments in tooling and other equipment at Chennault needed to support AAR Corp.’s Most of the funds will be allocated to basic instructional equipment (e.g., Most of the funds will be allocated to basic instructional equipment (e.g., s expanded operation. The State will provide $3.7

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Louisiana Airports Equipment Defense 63

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 2, 2017

Department of Defense: West Point Academy in 1985, and multiple United States Air Force bases in 1986. The specific Job Order Contract determines a unit price book (UPB) that has a number of unit price line items complete with descriptions and labor, material and equipment costs.

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United States Contract Procurement Software 100

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 9, 2016

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. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

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Virginia Zoning Defense Railroad 40

Work Gearz

MAY 22, 2021

Our top overall choice is Decibel Defense Professional Safety Earmuffs because we appreciated the NRR of 37 dB. Ear protection Design NRR Extras Material. Decibel Defense Professional Safety Earmuffs Earmuffs 37 dB Many color options, Padded, foldable Plastic, metal, foam. Decibel Defense Professional Safety Earmuffs.

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Safety Defense Products Design 52

Safety Services Company

MARCH 16, 2018

Keep your tools and equipment working properly; follow all maintenance schedules and safe work procedures. The quality and level of training may become an issue in contested legal cases where a defense of unpreventable employee misconduct is raised. Spilled materials or liquids must be cleaned up immediately. Electrical Systems.

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Safety OSHA Equipment Education 48

Pro Builder

APRIL 17, 2023

That meant using the topography and natural materials as a guide for the home’s construction and design. We design from the outside in when it comes to materiality,” Gardner says, “so that even when you’re in the home, you feel like you’re outside.” The 2023 exhibition home is no exception.

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Las Vegas NAHB Design IDEA 52

CivilJungle

JANUARY 21, 2022

Supreme Industries limited offers wide range of plastic products with a variety of applications in Moulded Furniture, Storage & Material Handling Products, XF Films & Products, Performance Films, Industrial Moulded Products, Protective Packaging Products, Composite Plastic Products, Plastic Piping System & Petrochemicals.

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Products Industrial Innovation Overhead 52

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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Arizona Innovation San Diego Phoenix 76

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 21, 2022

The use a single factor to adjust ­all costs in an estimate which discounts the different impacts that local and regional markets have on labor, material, equipment, and productivity. Variances in labor, material, equipment, productivity, and means and methods cannot be accounted for by simply using a cost factor.

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Estimating Construction Procurement Budgeting 217

Work Gearz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

When working in hazardous conditions, the proper work gear is fundamental as the first line of defense against the hazards of any profession. This also implies that hardware and nails or material used in stitching can be acquired abroad but that the major percentage of the boot components come from the U.S. Slip Resistant Soles.

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Safety Electrical Products Injury 52

Work Gearz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The manufacturers understand that different occupations require different workwears and that’s how they utilize industry-explicit designs that are combined with quite impressive material, class and innovations. Carolina boots are insulated using Thinsulate materials. Different Types of Boots Manufactured by Carolina. Logger Boots.

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Products Electrical Safety Environment 40

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Department of Defense: West Point Academy in 1985, and United States Air Force bases in 1986. The specific Job Order Contract determines a unit price book (UPB) that has a number of unit price line items complete with descriptions and labor, material and equipment costs.

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