Federal Construction Contracting Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

the Court of Federal Claims reminds contractors to read claim release language carefully before executing any agreement or modification. The parties ultimately reached a settlement agreement regarding these claims. While these appeals were pending but before the execution of the settlement agreement, T.H.R. Enterprises, Inc. ,

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Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 20, 2016

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Contract recently addressed this issue in a government contract dispute where the parties’ agreement required the contractor to pay for fuel at the prevailing rate. What about the risk of escalation in material costs? The Back-and-Forth.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 5, 2013

After a couple of years of neck-and-neck finishes, China has surged ahead of the United States in Business Facilities’ 2013 global ranking for Renewable Energy Investment Leaders. automotive industry, the United States (10.3 totals benefit from production at Japanese transplants in the United States.

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NH Construction Law

DECEMBER 19, 2020

It is often said that a payment bond surety may assert all of the contractual defenses to payment enjoyed by its principal. United States ex rel. 2d 404 (1990), construing Florida law, held that general contractor’s “pay-if-paid” defense was not available to a surety. Walton Technology v. 33, 614 S.E.2d

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 29, 2017

EPA will not be used for JOCs awarded outside the United States; nor shall it be used under National Guard Bureau, and other, JOC contracts employing an annually updated catalog. This proposal is subsequently evaluated, and agreement is reached on quantities, time, performance period, etc., through discussions and negotiations.

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Business Facilities

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

This happened during an earlier pre-fabricated budget showdown in 2011, which featured a threatened default on the national debt and resulted in the first-ever downgrade of the United States’ AAA credit rating. To sort out fact from fiction, we think it’s useful to check some non-partisan sources.

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Business Facilities

JULY 24, 2019

Over the course of the grant’s 12-year term, the project will grow the state’s economy by an estimated $6.3 Using a formula that takes into account the new tax revenues generated by the 1,612 new jobs, the JDIG agreement authorizes the potential reimbursement to the company of up to $54 million paid over 12 years.

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 3, 2012

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. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. LEXIS 46151 (W.Dist.

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Constructlaw

AUGUST 3, 2023

17] The court explained that its prior precedent erroneously “equated the defenses to recognition and enforcement with the grounds for vacatur” [18] and that this was “plainly and palpably wrong.” [19] 3d at 1446 (“[T]he Convention’s enumeration of defenses is exclusive.”). [13] 11] See, e.g. , Ario , 618 F.3d 3d at 292; Yusuf , 126 F.3d

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Construction Lawyer

DECEMBER 21, 2007

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. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us.

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Construction Lawyer

JUNE 23, 2005

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. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. More here.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 5, 2013

We wish we could tell you that most locations are mobilizing to fix the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and dams; unfortunately, the opposite seems to be true: the United States received an overall grade of D+ in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) annual assessment, our starting point for BF’s evaluation.

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Construction Lawyer

JUNE 21, 2005

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. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Supreme Court Revisits Prima Paint.

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Constructlaw

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Reynolds: The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the global economy has led to an increase in breach of contract claims, and a parallel rise in novel breach of con­tract defenses focused on excuses for non-performance. In those clauses, the overall success of COVID-19-based force majeure defenses is still unknown.

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Construction Lawyer

AUGUST 30, 2007

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. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. In United States v.

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Constructlaw

JULY 13, 2021

1 The 2021 update marks the first time the ICDR’s arbitration rules and mediation rules have been revised since 2014 and 2008, respectively, and is of particular note to the construction industry both in the United States and elsewhere.???????.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Little Rock, population 193,524, is located in the center of the country and in the second fastest-growing region of the United States, with 40 percent of the nation’s population and buying power within a 550-mile radius. Greater Omaha is home to Offutt Air Force Base which houses United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), U.S.

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Construction Lawyer

JULY 22, 2005

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. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 8, 2016

This city is home to Kansas State University, which is respected across the country as a leader in animal health research. Due to Kansas State’s strengths in this area, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is constructing its new National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Manhattan, a $1.25

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Building Information Management

MAY 19, 2016

Designated Official” is the highest ranking official of the primary occupant agency of a Federal facility, or, alternatively, a designee selected by mutual agreement of occupant agency officials. The term does not apply to civil defense matters such as potential or actual enemy attacks that are addressed by the U.S.

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Building Information Management

MAY 19, 2016

Designated Official” is the highest ranking official of the primary occupant agency of a Federal facility, or, alternatively, a designee selected by mutual agreement of occupant agency officials. The term does not apply to civil defense matters such as potential or actual enemy attacks that are addressed by the U.S.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 19, 2014

To attract new industries and accommodate the needs of expanding businesses, the local governments offer attractive and competitive incentive packages, including industrial revenue bond financing which allows for real and personal property tax abatements through PILOT agreements, and a variety of other tax credit and rebate programs.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The National BIM Standard-United States (NBIMS-US) Version 3 Planning and Project Committees will begin planning the new standard during these face-to-face meetings. Deke is a 1973 graduate of Virginia Tech and holds a BArch, he has done post graduate work at the National Defense University.

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Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2015

While having its roots in United States Department of Defense; non-DoD Federal Government, State/County/Local Government, Education, Healthcare, Transportation, and Utilities are now included as JOC users and proponents. JOC today has more than a 25-year record of implementation across multiple market sectors.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

The National BIM Standard-United States (NBIMS-US) Version 3 Planning and Project Committees will begin planning the new standard during these face-to-face meetings. Deke is a 1973 graduate of Virginia Tech and holds a BArch, he has done post graduate work at the National Defense University.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 30, 2022

success through an incentive agreement: lessons learned from an underground railway. Empirical analysis of traditional contracting and relationship agreements for. Partnering on defense contracts. A Collaborative and Team-Oriented Approach to Construction Project Delivery: Barriers to Partnering in the United States.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 1, 2014

“Our ongoing, multi-billion dollar investments in Austin will expand our footprint as a comprehensive semiconductor hub and demonstrate our strong commitment to manufacturing, research and development in the United States,” said Woosung Han, president of SAS. The cranes were also part of the agreement. According to Maryland Gov.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

A business that applies for the exemption must enter into an agreement with the Governor of Alabama. The business must sign a job-creation agreement under the Advantage Arkansas program within 24 months of signing the Tax Back agreement. Must expand its labor force, make new capital investment, or prevent loss of employment.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

The business must sign a job-creation agreement under the Advantage Arkansas program within 24 months of signing the Tax Back agreement. New, full-time, permanent employees must be hired within 24 months of the date the financial agreement is signed.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 22, 2013

NBAF Bio-Defense Lab Moves Forward In Manhattan, KS. In Kansas, state leaders are celebrating recent progress in the region’s largest biotech project: the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), in Manhattan, KS. Rendering of the National Bio- and Agro- Defense Facility in Kansas.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 17, 2017

Canada and Mexico sat down this week in Washington to begin the arduous task of renegotiating the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. trade representative Robert Lighthizer opened the NAFTA talks by declaring that the free trade agreement has “fundamentally failed many, many Americans and needs major improvement.”

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