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Refine versus shine: Defining and defending design intent with refined concrete

Construction Specifier

LEED AP, Vivian Volz, CSI, AIA, LEED AP, SCIP Photo courtesy Tao Group Solutions After years of grappling with client callbacks, legal disputes, and financial losses from poor polished concrete installations, the industry has reached a breaking point: prohibit polished concrete.

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Attention Construction Contractors – Collaboration is Key to Customer Experience

Job Order Contracting

Change orders and legal disputes can virtually be eliminated. This provides enhanced understanding of the scope of work, and mitigates both errors and omissions.

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Job Order Contacting & Line Item Estimating Basics Workshop

Job Order Contracting

Full financial transparency and structured processes greatly improve all repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction outcomes. Change orders and legal disputes are virtually eliminated.

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Job Order Contracting – Review of Best Management Practices 2019

Job Order Contracting

Procurement costs, project delivery times, overall construction costs, changes orders, and legal disputes can all be mitigated via properly established and managed JOC Programs. How Does Job Order Contracting Work? When Is Job Order Contracting Used? Proof That Job Order Contracting Works. track record.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

My practice is almost exclusively sustainability including green building law, so a good response may be to look at a typical day. Responding to client email about impact of construction project change order on contemplated LEED certification, so that payment can be released today.

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Job Order Contracting Review Best Management Practices 2019

Job Order Contracting

Procurement costs, project delivery times, overall construction costs, changes orders, and legal disputes can all be mitigated via properly established and managed JOC Programs. Minimum and maximum dollar values (per year, per project, and total) and types of construction are clearly stipulated. How Does JOC Work?

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Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted

Green Building Law Update

The methodology was admittedly unscientific, if only in that the sample was too small given the large number of sustainable building being erected across the country. Of note, this review was not looking for and did not compile missed signatures, not compiled change orders or other clerical errors.

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