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Job Order Contracting versus Design Bid Build

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting versus Design Bid Build can help to measurably improve construction productivity, quality, delivery times, and overall satisfaction for all participants. Job order contracting saves significant time and improves quality, consistency, and overall satisfaction vs. traditional design-bid-build. Higher productivity.

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A Look At Construction Safety in the UK

Constructonomics

Building safety is at the forefront of the minds of every building contractor, site manager, architect, designer and building owner from a project’s start to completion. Immediate Legal Compliance. Under The Fire Safety Order for England and Wales (full details of which can be found of the Gov.uk

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General Liability vs. Professional Liability: What’s the Difference?

Levelset

It can pay for medical costs and legal fees. This coverage protects businesses from third-party lawsuits and pays legal fees for the defense of allegations of slander or libel. For example, if an engineer makes a mistake in designing a wall, and the wall collapses, this coverage will help pay for the legal defense of the claim.

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Commercial Construction Costs – Canada

Job Order Contracting

Building shape, size and height • Design method. Legal fees • Soil and environmental tests. Special design consultants • Land surveys. Special equipment and furnishings • Property taxes. Legal fees • Soil and environmental tests. Special design consultants • Land surveys. Location • Extent of site works.

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Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Construction

HardHatChat

Here are just a few examples: Working Through Challenges: Key Lessons for Moving Forward For Englewood and our national retail, restaurant, and hospitality clients, we’ve learned that the old mindset of the lowest competitive bid and a rigid approach to material and equipment is ineffective in times like these.

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3 Legal Concepts That Are Counter-Intuitive…and Dangerous

Construction Law Monitor

Sometimes the best blog posts and legal articles are the simplest. Take, for example, a post from early October by Joshua Glazov on his Construction Law Today blog , where he simply cites a 1941 quote from US Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson : The legal profession, like many another, tends to become over-professionalized.

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Legal Fallout Spreads from Trainor Glass Default | ENR.

ENR Construction

Legal Fallout Spreads from Trainor Glass Default. Construction methods & equipment. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis. Project Delivery. Ethics & Corruption. Economic Stimulus. Associations. Washington Observer. ENR Midwest.

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