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Understanding Design Defect Legal Liability

Construction Business Owner

As construction and design firms are using BIM software and other resources to improve construction efficiency, that integration is only going to increase. Owners, contractors and designers must understand their potential liability for design issues on a project before the project starts.

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Contractor Management and Prequalification: Why Are They Necessary?

Safety Services Company

For contractors, these come in the form of a process known as prequalification and contractor management. What is Contractor Management? Contractor management is a series of checks ensuring that the contractors follow up-to-date safety practices and conform to health and regulatory standards.

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

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From a builder’s perspective, many potential risk factors can be anticipated and pre-emptively resolved by developing a construction quality management plan. What is construction quality management? Construction quality management is broadly similar to project management. Changes to the scale or scope of client demands.

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Safety First, Bidding Next: How Safety & Compliance Wins Contracts

Safety Services Company

If both have all the resources needed to complete a job, why does Bob continue to stand out? In this blog, we’ll explore precisely how safety and compliance and its management can help you win contracts. With growing scrutiny on job site dangers and liability concerns, prioritizing safety is crucial in sustaining a competitive edge.

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Procore blog: Ideas, humor and resources

Construction Marketing Ideas

A limited liability company, to which all parties are members, will have to meet licensing requirements in its own name. This “no dispute” factor means that professional liability policie s are useless , according to Jeff Slivka, Executive Vice President and COO of New Day Underwriting Managers in Hamilton, N.J.

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The role of Site Engineer & Project Engineer in a construction project

Construction Cost Estimating

Both play important role for major projects with equally significant liabilities. Comparing Site Engineers to Project Engineers: Both the site engineers and project engineers take diverse liabilities for accomplishment for different types of construction projects. Project engineers supervise the general operation of the project.

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CONNECT Construction with Best Value

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Leadership A strategic plan Focus on process Knowledge management Enabling technology. Far too often AEC and real property owner organizations focus upon managing people, creating the “root cause” of multiple problems that eventually result in failure. LEADERSHIP. People are hired to do a job, provide a service, etc.