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Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS

Green Building Law Update

Prior to the just concluded session of the Maryland legislature, the State’s laws and regulations were silent with regard to PFAS chemicals including PFOA. At worst, Maryland could have been criticized along with the Federal government and other states, for failing to regulate PFAS as a hazardous substance. It passed legislation (.

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Supreme Court Permits State Law Claims Against Superfund Property

Green Building Law Update

This decision impacts on landowners in widely utilized state Brownfields programs, including those who enter the program in advance to purchasing a contaminated property as a defense to being a PRP.

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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

Requests for equitable adjustment must be considered on a case-by-case basis, in consideration of the particular circumstances of each contract, impacts realized from COVID-19, applicable law, and regulations, and inclusive of any relief that may be authorized by laws enacted in response to this national emergency. 52.242-15, Stop Work Order.

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

Job Order Contracting

This history combined with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) in 1994 which regulates the use of IDIQ, and availability of tools, cost data, services, and technology by more innovative JOC vendors, have made JOC more transparent, efficient, and competitive. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Volume I, Subpart 16.5,

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Industry Focus: Global Aerospace Production Soars To New Heights

Business Facilities

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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EPC Contractors Procuring from Foreign Companies need to Reconsider their Contracts

Construction and Infrastructure Law

The Convention was created to allow and regulate service of process in a foreign country. Article 10 of the Convention allows contracting states to permit service by mail; and it allows them to object to service by mail. Not surprisingly, Hague service is expensive and cumbersome; it often takes many months to complete.

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Feature Story: Aiming For The Top In Utah

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Herbert’s common-sense approach prohibits the state from spending more than it takes in, eliminates what he calls “nonsensical” regulations and eschews tax increases. A focus of his effort has been to expedite the federal permitting process for energy development on public land. TARGETED CLUSTERS GET BIGGER. Herbert told us.

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