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Google Scholar Provides Outstanding Preliminary Legal Research

Best Practices Construction Law

joined the legal research playing field with Westlaw, LEXIS, FindLaw and all the other law-related databases. A couple of years ago I worked on a case for a road builder which had a claim against the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Is that the only legal research an inquiring mind should do? Let's to a quick test.

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Army Corps crew earns award for work on Korte job in Tennessee

The Korte Company

The building, a 64,000-square-foot combination warehouse and office for 300 personnel at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN, was formally dedicated late last year. The bottom line, through this team’s efforts —contracting, legal, engineering, construction— they helped drive that contract to deliver on-time.

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Are Construction Dispute Claims by the State Ever Time Barred? Depends.

Best Practices Construction Law

In its simplest terms, a statute of limitation is a time limit for bringing a lawsuit ( i.e. , you may have six years to file suit on a breach of contract dispute), whereas a statute of repose is the “drop-dead” date where the legal no longer exists. Lesson learned.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

said Geoff Schomacker, director of project development for the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). TENNESSEE’S PIONEERING SITE-CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. There are now 22 Select Tennessee Certified Sites available in 16 different counties across the state.

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GIVEAWAY #2: Procore Swag Pack

Construction Junkie

Comment on our Facebook contest post (tell me an app or a software that you use on the jobsite or the office to make your life easier) 3. ELIGIBILITY: This contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years or older at the time of entry.

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GIVEAWAY #5: AUTODESK SWAG PACK

Construction Junkie

ELIGIBILITY: This contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years or older at the time of entry. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these official rules.

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GIVEAWAY #4: MILWAUKEE TOOL PRIZE PACK

Construction Junkie

ELIGIBILITY: This contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years or older at the time of entry. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and waive any right to claim ambiguity in the Contest or these official rules.