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Unlimited liability for designers and contractors

Construction Lawyer

Sabo & Zahn LLC is an Illinois Limited Liability Company. All references to "Sabo & Zahn" refer to Sabo & Zahn LLC. Unlimited liability for designers and contractors. The bridge was designed in 1962 by Sverdrup. This effectively wiped out the existing statute of repose and revived Sverdrups liability.

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

Lets Build

It involves taking a quality-focused, hands-on approach to all stages and aspects of design, construction, and client relations. It requires written standards that can be referred to at any time by employees, sub-contractors, and clients alike. Construction quality management is broadly similar to project management.

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Construction quality management 101: Everything you should know

Lets Build

More importantly, poor-quality construction impacts the project’s safety. The plan provides quality and verification protocols that help to verify that the project is executed according to the design and requirements. By doing so, it becomes a vital reference material during pre-task planning and discussions.

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constructionattorneyblog: Liability for green design

Construction Lawyer

Sabo & Zahn LLC is an Illinois Limited Liability Company. All references to "Sabo & Zahn" refer to Sabo & Zahn LLC. Liability for green design. Gary Cole has written an interesting blog entry about designers' liability for green projects here:  [link]. Copyright Notice. Disclaimer.

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A LOOK AT THE ROI OF SAFETY

Safety Services Company

As a business, the safety and health of your employees is your top priority. Implementing safety programs and training can be very costly, made more frustrating by the fact that results aren’t immediately visible and can be difficult to quantify. OSHA estimates that businesses in the U.S. Chances are the indirect costs are much higher.

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Specifying snow retention systems

Construction Specifier

This is clearly a life/safety concern. Inadequate snow guard systems—or the lack of them—can potentially create liability issues for building owners, designers, and contractors. Liability concerns. Many applications are not specifically engineered for design loads. Figure 1: Vertical load results with drag load.

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Construction Safety Management and Engineering – a handy book for beginners

Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Safety Management and Engineering, the much cherished book edited by Darryl C.Hill, has produced its second edition. This book has extensive coverage on implementation of safety and healthy programme of the construction companies. Hayslip does not disappoint in the chapter on excavation and trenching safety.

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