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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Beane didn’t achieve success by drafting players based on his emotional judgments or media-based hype. His 2002 team successfully competed with powerhouses, and even though they lost in the playoffs, the team won 20 consecutive games that year. Though many scouts and baseball experts doubted his technique, Beane had the last laugh.

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Construction Marketing Secret: Architecture Billings a Leading Indicator of Construction

Construction Marketing

Although decisions to build nonresidential structures are made by hundreds of thousands of private businesses, nonprofit institutions, and government agencies, the first comprehensive indication of planned development typically shows up on an architect’s drafting board. 3 See, for example, Ore, 2002.

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Fraudulent Concealment Subject to Statutory Limitations Period

Construction Lawyer

Construction was completed in 2002. Any architect drafting an agreement with an owner should look at inserting the 1997 version of the accrual provision in the contract so as to limit liability exposure to a reasonable time period. Wight delivered the Report to the School district, but not the letter. contracts litigation'

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Plugging the Brain Drain

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

In 1998, Congress increased the H-1B visa cap to 115,000; in 2000, the cap was increased again, to 195,000 for FY (fiscal years) 2001, 2002 and 2003. The number of applicants for H-1B visas began to exceed the annual cap. institution in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is not subject to them.

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Not So Severable After All: Third Circuit Lets Courts Determine Arbitration Agreement Existence When Underlying Contract’s Validity Is Challenged

Constructlaw

In support, the Funds cited the collective bargaining agreements incorporated by reference into the short-form agreement that MZM signed in 2002. As a result, MZM highlights how critical it is for parties to carefully consider and draft arbitration agreements. 1] MZM Construction Company, Inc.

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Ignoring water issues can harm the economy - Contractor Magazine

Contractor Magazine

EPA may release a draft specification this fall, Tanner said, and, since spray valves use heated water, the listed valves will most likely carry both an Energy Star and WaterSense label. EPA, with the aid of Bill Gauley, principal engineer, and a partner in Veritec Consulting in Mississauga, Ont.,

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Revit OpEd: Should I Use Revit for this Project?

Revit OpEd

Is it measured according to the technical drafting staff, the project engineer or manager, the firm, the project or the owner? Revit Consultant - Revit Training, Revit Implementation and Navisworks I started using Revit at work in 2002. Just try creating a model using only 2D documents as the guide. My Loyal Readers! Other Links.

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