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Rough weekend for Modern Continental

PSMJ Resources

Attorney's office in Boston brought criminal charges on Friday against Modern Continental Corp., According to Saturday's Boston Globe , prosecutors said they brought the charges after plea negotiations wtih the company broke down. Try to follow this one all the way through. The company listed URS Corp. million and $3.2

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Meet Canvas, the Drywall Finishing Robot Offering Level 5 Quality

Construction Junkie

Robots are great at repetitive, high work; people are great at having the expertise of navigating and negotiating the broader job site, figuring out edge cases, and so on. The team of founders is made up of some pretty serious technology folks who came from previous roles at Boston Dynamics, MIT, and Stanford.

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The Bird Box Dilemma: When False Pay Apps and Lien Waivers Are Not Fraudulent Inducement

Best Practices Construction Law

16, 2019), the court evaluated a sub-subcontractor’s claim on a construction contract dispute arising from the renovations at the Longfellow Bridge and the Hatch Shell in Boston, Massachusetts. Mass) (Dec. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss a number of the sub-subcontractor’s claims, including one for fraudulent inducement.

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How to Protect Your Business When Employees Get Poached

Pro Builder

Businesses looking to negotiate this rocky terrain have a valuable tool at their command: restrictive covenants. Dretler, a partner at the law firm of Rubin and Rudman , in Boston. “I The Link Between Employee Motivation and Loyalty. 3 Ways to Optimize Employee Performance. What Is a Restrictive Covenant? Three Most Common Types .

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10 Construction Sessions You Might Have Missed at Autodesk University

Autodesk Construction Cloud

They will also discuss why connected technology stacks are essential and non-negotiable for contractors who want to future proof their businesses. . Together, they’ve researched the best use cases for Spot, a robotic dog that was designed by Boston Dynamics. .

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

Business Facilities

“The 35 Mules program gave us exposure to individuals throughout the NextEra organization, who advised and mentored us on everything from honing our value proposition messaging to human resources and hiring to grant and procurement contract negotiations,” said Charles Murray, founder of Switched Source, one of the startups in the program.

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5 ways ESG can influence design and create opportunities

BD+C

These are the non-negotiable tenets of ESG. The Hub on Causeway, Boston, Mass. ESG reporting mechanisms that prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion, while looking through the lens of environmental stewardship, community impact, and corporate governance provide quantifiable, performance-based outcomes. Photo courtesy Gensler 5.

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