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Federal Construction Contractors Are Faced with the Double Whammy of the Pandemic and Price Escalation: What Can Be Done?

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

What is often forgotten is that in March 2020, the Office of Management & Budget issued a memorandum (OMB Memo M-20-18) recognizing that “Federal contractors play a vital role in helping agencies meet the needs of our citizens, including the critical response efforts to COVID-19. 52.242-15, Stop Work Order.

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SK Siltron Investing $302M In Michigan Semiconductor Wafer Plant

Business Facilities

“The growth of electric vehicles is opening an exciting new chapter for the auto industry as it provides consumers with more environmentally friendly transportation options,” said Jianwei Dong, chief executive officer for SK Siltron CSS. “SK Gen3 Defense and Aerospace is investing $8.7 Key Industries Growing In Grand Rapids Region.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

It provides a capacity for on-demand construction via an on-call contractor that can be mobilized, working in a much shorter period, and far more efficiently than traditional project delivery methods. General Accounting Office (GAO), May 1979. Unite States Government Printing Office, House Document No. Unite States Congress.

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5 tips that every site foreman should know about

Lets Build

Almost everything that happens on the field goes through your hands and you have to be the glue between the office and the site. So that, for instance, you no longer have to conduct your site tours feeling stressed that you won’t be able to remember all the issues you found in order to report them when you are back to the office.

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Wearable Computing Devices Market To Reach $30.2 Billion In 2018

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Wearable or body-borne computers enable hands-free mobile real-time data monitoring, logic calculation, and network communication. Non-consumer markets (healthcare, defense/security, enterprise, and industrial) are expected to reach $8.1 billion by 2018. billion by 2018. billion by 2018. billion in global annual revenues in 2018.

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The Secret Sauce to Protecting Construction Profits  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Lack of visibility Disconnects between the office and the field mean construction executives often have limited data and insights into budget, safety, and quality make it difficult to make critical project and business decisions. Made for mobile , which empowers field teams to stay in the know and get more things done on the jobsite.

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

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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.