Construction Dive

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority officials pared down their list of projects from more than $11 billion to match expected 2016 tax revenue.

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NH Construction Law

OCTOBER 7, 2018

A contractor is thrown off a job midstream for alleged shoddy work and/or slow performance. He sues the owner for his unpaid contract balance. His contract provides for interest and attorneys’ fees if payment is not timely made, so he adds both to his complaint. The owner then counterclaims for the cost of correcting items of poor workmanship and for the cost of completing the unfinished work (which the owner claims will exceed the unpaid contract balance), and perhaps for delay damages as

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Lien Claims Contract New Hampshire 40

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority management board approved a $217.7 million contract to upgrade and modernize the signal systems on two MBTA subway lines.

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Massachusetts Transportation Contract Management 37

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 7, 2018

EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agree that there is no known safe level of lead in a child’s blood. Lead is harmful to health, especially for children. Though most lead exposure occurs when people eat paint chips and inhale dust, the EPA estimates that up to 20% of lead exposure comes from drinking water. Lead enters drinking water through multiple pathways and the largest quantity is through corrosion, that is a dissolving metal caused by a chemical reaction between

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