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Regulatory – Job Order Contacting Statutes and Guidelines

Job Order Contracting

“Job Order Contracting” means the acquisition of contracting services using a selection method that requires contractors to submit qualifications and prices based on wage rates inclusive of fringes and burden, plus a pricing matrix for mark-ups on materials and subcontractors (Arkansas Code Annotated §19-4-1416). EDUCATION CODE TITLE 3.

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Who Is Responsible For Temporary Worker Safety?

FDR Safety

In the same year in Texas, both an oil and gas company and a staffing firm faced $120,800 in penalties, having been cited for failing to ensure proper disposal of contaminated materials and not ensuring proper labeling of containers with hazardous chemicals. Prioritize your own company’s Safety Culture.

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Colorful Metal Inspiration

BD+C

You can make a bold color statement, or even emulate materials such as wood and natural metals. plan, which includes a Chicago Public Library branch, a childcare center offering pre-K education and a community center with meeting rooms. Designers with the local firm Koo wanted to ensure playfulness was a part of the 40,000-sq.-ft.

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Texas Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of Texas economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. This program is a matching grant program to assist eligible institutions of higher education in recruiting distinguished researchers. FINANCING & GRANTS. of qualified in-state spending.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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TEXAS FAST FACTS. After Firefly LED Lighting was acquired by a larger lighter company, Austin-based Convergence Wireless seemed a perfect next step for Amstel, who has lived in Austin for 27 years and started out as a facilities engineer at Texas Instruments. Amazon Puts Three New Warehouses In Texas. seamless mill.

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Just two years after opening, $60 million high school stadium will close for repairs

BD+C

The Allen Independent School District in Allen, Texas, will not open its high school''s $60 million Eagle Stadium this fall. Architects Arena Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Education Facility Facility Managers Sports and Recreational Facility Structural Materials' Body Image: read more.

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The Value of Cob Building

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Quail Springs Permaculture , an educational non-profit in Southern California, built the houses over the span of a few months. According to their natural building director, Sasha Rabin, the structures were made using — along with reclaimed fixtures such as doors and window frames — materials sourced near the construction area.