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In Construction, There’s A Tattletale And There’s What is Right

Best Practices Construction Law

Waukegan was responsible for fabricating and installing the structural steel of project. The subcontractor was required to submit “fabrication quality control and weld inspection certificates” to the government before payment was issued. That employee fabricated the requested welding inspection certificates.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

Construction Specifier

Department of Defense (DoD) on its Qualified Products List (QPL) provides a list that has been prepared for use by or for the government in the acquisition of products covered by the subject specification and provides a source of vetted, qualified (“or equal”) products. It is subject to third-party inspection and quality assurance.

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PPE for Industrial Safety

Safety Services Company

Hand and arm: Durable work gloves, fabric/coated fabric protection gloves, chemical/liquid resistant gloves, and insulating rubber gloves. PPE is the last line of defense, and should only be used when engineering controls and administrative controls aren’t feasible. Here are some guidelines to follow when using this type of PPE.

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Sequestration Nation

Business Facilities

This happened during an earlier pre-fabricated budget showdown in 2011, which featured a threatened default on the national debt and resulted in the first-ever downgrade of the United States’ AAA credit rating. And so on and so forth. To sort out fact from fiction, we think it’s useful to check some non-partisan sources.

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Montreal Named 2016 Intelligent Community of the Year

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Montreal was selected as the 2016 Intelligent Community of the Year after a year-long evaluation that included a quantitative analysis of extensive data, site inspections by the Intelligent Community Forum, and votes from an international jury made up of experts from around the world. The Intelligent Community Forum.

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Federal Real Property Regulations (FAR / FMR)

Building Information Management

The term does not apply to civil defense matters such as potential or actual enemy attacks that are addressed by the U.S. Fabrics labeled with the Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Department of Homeland Security. classification marking for flammability are deemed to be flame resistant for purposes of this part.

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Federal Real Property Regulations (FAR / FMR)

Building Information Management

The term does not apply to civil defense matters such as potential or actual enemy attacks that are addressed by the U.S. Fabrics labeled with the Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Department of Homeland Security. classification marking for flammability are deemed to be flame resistant for purposes of this part.