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FTC Finds Truly Organic is Not

Green Building Law Update

By way of a federal court order that became final last month, Truly Organic Inc. million to settle a Federal Trade Commission greenwashing complaint alleging that their nationally marketed bath and beauty products are neither “certified organic” nor “vegan” as falsely claimed. organic,” are “100% organic,” or are “Truly Organic.”.

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How to Successfully Integrate Construction Accounting and Operations

Viewpoint Construction Technology

It’s no secret, though, that many contractors rely on spreadsheets for workflows like accounting, project management, scheduling and estimating. Sachse Construction struggled with this situation, using spreadsheets as a go-between for the software used by its accounting department and the software used by operations.

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6 Steps to Construction planning, procurement, and project delivery integration and significantly improved outcomes.

Job Order Contracting

Failure to achieve the above is the #1 reason for the rampant waste endemic to public sector organizations. Owner leadership, capacity, commitment, and accountability #2. Achieving integration and collaboration among internal and external groups is far from complex. A common programmatic approach and process applied to all projects.

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Agile Facilities Management – Deferred Maintenance – Public Sector – Federal, State, County, Local

Job Order Contracting

Agile facilities planning is a collaborative, iterative process that helps a senior leadership, facilities management teams, building users as well as services providers including builders, designers, and operators, align on priorities, develop accountability and then have a framework to make good decisions while making consistent progress.

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Robust Process Drives Efficient Construction Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Design/Builders), inclusive of a Operations Manual/Execution Guide. #3 3 Granular line item locally researched construction cost data organized using expanded CSI MasterFormat, and updated quarterly. #4 . #1 Process integrating Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Teams with established workflows. #2

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Sustainable Facilities Management Practices

Job Order Contracting

Concurrent planning, design, construction, and operation throughout the lifecycle of a built structure across disparate multidiscipline teams operating in a transparent and collaborative manner, in concert with real property owner leadership, commitment, and accountability are core requirements.

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Construction Cost Estimating – Single Source of Truth

Job Order Contracting

Any owner, designer, builder who is not observing this fact has limited cost visibility and is likely to be “off” by 30%-40% or more. Most federal government agencies incorrectly cost estimate, including the GSA, as they don’t understand this basic fact and do not have robust, organization-wide cost estimating practices.