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DoD FSRM, BUILDER SMS and the LEGACY of Wasteful Politics

Job Order Contracting

web-based with single instance for entire component) 2005: Navy selects commercial tool for facility assessments in lieu of continuing with BUILDER 2006: USMC begins pilot tests of BUILDER 2007: BUILDER 3.0 released and first version commercially available 2003: NAVY funds development of BUILDER 3.0 (web-based

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Insulation’s crucial role in creating habitable basements

Construction Specifier

There may also be health and safety requirements, as well as HVAC requirements, which go beyond the scope of the 2005 report by Swinton and Kesik. Photo courtesy Kingspan The most effective strategy for managing water is to provide two lines of defense.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DOD), and National 19 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). General Services Administration (GSA), US Department of Defense (DOD), and National 35 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense. Gransberg, D.D.

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constructionattorneyblog: Sole Proximate Cause Defense Reaffirmed

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. Copyright 2005-2012 Sabo & Zahn, all rights reserved. Sole Proximate Cause Defense Reaffirmed. Copyright Notice. Disclaimer. Weil-McLain (Docket No.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Partnering on defense contracts. Effective partnering tools in. construction: a case study on MTRC TKE contract 604 in Hong Kong. International. Journal of Project Management, 22(3), 253-263. Webster, M., & Campbell, K. An evaluation of partnership development in. the construction industry. Bennett, J., & Peace, S. Thomas Telford.

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A Natural Building Network

Natural Building

Founded in 2005, the charter members included pioneers in the Natural Building movement who were interested in seeing Natural Building become a safe, beautiful, renewable and common sight in our modern landscape.

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#96:  Payment Bond Sureties and "Pay-if-Paid" Subcontracts

NH Construction Law

It is often said that a payment bond surety may assert all of the contractual defenses to payment enjoyed by its principal. 2d 404 (1990), construing Florida law, held that general contractor’s “pay-if-paid” defense was not available to a surety. 2d 680 (2005), construing West Virginia law, held that it was.