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Bargaining Room v. False Claims: 5 Tips for Negotiation of Construction Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

Earlier this week, a settlement was reached in dispute where the contractor and designer were alleged to have filed false claims with the U.S. Government on two road projects in South Carolina. Owners often begins negotiations from the opposite end of the spectrum for the same reasons. Do not negotiate against yourself.

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“Mitbestimmung” in Tennessee

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

It looks like the UAW’s aggressive drive to organize at a foreign transplant in the solid right-to-work South (see map) may be paying off–VW signaled this month it’s willing to meet the union halfway. Now, buoyed by a brisk recovery in the U.S. So the battle lines are drawn and the stakes are high.

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South Carolina Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of South Carolina economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. This formula is advantageous for a company whose majority of sales occurs outside South Carolina. A negotiated FILOT could lower the assessment ratio from 10.5%

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South Carolina Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The updated South Carolina incentives guide is brought to you by Real Street Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. For a list of South Carolina economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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million aviation technical school is nearing completion at the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park, designated at an Alabama AdvantageSite. With this designation, communities can receive more looks from companies as sites become qualified as shovel-ready. This is the fifth Baldwin County site to earn this designation.

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Meet the most innovative precast floor system in the U.S.

Construction Specifier

To do that, Tindall decided to put T-SLAB to test by teaming up with experts at the University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC) to analyze the product. m (40-ft) simple-span T-SLAB for the purpose of comparing the calculated design data to the lab test data. What is T-SLAB ® ? During the single-span test, UNCC load tested a 12.2-m

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings

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The first was not unexpected, although China’s lead in developing alternative energy is expected to shrink as its ability to spur solar panel production is eliminated by trade negotiators enforcing a WTO decision citing China for subsidizing its industry. in nearly 30 years. Department of Energy).