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

Best Practices Construction Law

The issue raises an important question: What should a contractor do during negotiations to allow for some “bargaining room” so as to avoid any appearance of filing a false claim? Owners often begins negotiations from the opposite end of the spectrum for the same reasons. Include visuals in the presentation of the claim.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

As we discuss the multitude of factors influencing the layout of a warehouse, we’ll share stories from past warehouse construction projects and actual drawings made during the early stages of projects to illustrate how discussions about these important assets turn into plans on paper. Racking is an important warehouse floor plan factor.

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BIM for FM

Job Order Contracting

Distribution and sharing of information by the Facilities Management Team is crucial to achieving cost efficient and high performing facilities, however, 3-D BIM visualization and modeling software is generally very sophisticated, relatively expensive, and very complex. info@4BT.US. [1]

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Surfing the Metaversity: The future of online learning?

BD+C

What does practice look like in Higher Education planning and design as the Metaversity ascends? Visual content alone is not enough to make the experience engaging, therefore integrating these experts will lead to successful adoption of the new learning platform. Gen Z, the visual learners, will take advantage of this new paradigm.

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Every Owner Should Implement JOC – JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – for Renovation, Repair, Sustainabilty, and Maintenance Construction Projects

Building Information Management

Items that are not in the UPB can be negotiated, priced, and added to the UPB at any time. After the cost estimates are completed, the contractor and user negotiate to resolve differences in line items and/or quantities in their respective estimates. Greater Cost Visualization and Control. Performance-based. Shared Risk-Reward.

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Evaluating Natural Disaster Risk In Site Selection

Business Facilities

Natural disaster risk should be considered throughout the site selection process, but it is especially important in the initial planning stages as the company identifies the key factors important to the project’s success. Taylor has worked with major corporate clients, providing location expertise and incentives negotiation services.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

LSU plans to double its computer science faculty and triple the number of computer science graduates in five years, which will place the LSU Computer Science program in the top 10-15 nationally for the number of B.S. Moonbot, an animation and visual effects studio, helped put its hometown of Shreveport, LA on the global digital media map.

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