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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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Please Pass the Past Performance Rating: SBA’s Proposed New Rules to Help Small Businesses Become More Competitive

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

The proposed rules implement new provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021), which will permit a small business government contractor to use the past performance of a joint venture, of which it was a member, “provided that the small business worked on the joint venture’s contract or contracts.”

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Seventh Circuit examines "pay-if-paid" provision

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. « Seventh Circuit addresses duties of construction manager to injured worker; analysis of Local Rule 56.1 | Main.

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Saving Time And Money On The Estimation Process – Massachusetts Contractors Academy

Building Information Management

e4Clicks may be “made by and for conractors,” but it’s good enough for the Department of Defense. 4Clicks provides premier construction cost estimating and project management software, training, and support for multiple construction delivery methods such as JOC, SABER, IDIQ, MATOC, SATOC, MACC, BOS, etc.

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Federal Court dismisses sub's claim against GC because of arbitration

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. April 2, 2012), dismissed an action by a subcontractor against the general because there was an agreement to arbitrate in the subcontract.

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5 Types of Subcontractor Software Transforming the Trades 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Subcontracting is a time-honored tradition. The masons, architects, blacksmiths, and painters then managed their little corners of construction, freeing the overseer to do their thing. . Subcontractors are always on the defensive when it comes to rework, which they must mitigate and reduce as much as possible.

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Construction Contract's arbitration provision is separable, based on

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. of the subcontract contained a "pay-if-paid" provision which violated New York lien law, and that therefore the entire Disputes article was unenforceable.