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How Dash Cams Help Your Construction Company

Construction Business Owner

To avoid these “nuclear” verdicts, plaintiff and carrier defense attorneys agreed that crash avoidance is everything. Proactive correction of unsafe behaviors, along with documentation of your actions, is imperative.

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You Should Not Contract With Your Environmental Consultant

Green Building Law Update

First and foremost, the attorney-client privilege protects communications made in confidence by a client to its attorney in the attorney’s professional capacity for the purpose of obtaining legal advice. Some suggest that the role of legal counsel appears to morph into that of an environmental advisor.

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Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

Legal scholars can have at it. With over a million contract documents licensed on an annual basis, the AIA’s form construction documents are the most widely used contract documents in the industry. And such is a big deal in this consideration when the Department of Defense is the largest owner of green buildings.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, in the draft document expected to be approved in the coming days, RELi 2.0 Use Legally Logged Wood from Ecologically Managed Forests , recognizes “FSC Certified Wood” only, (. RELi Special Reports issued by CMP and Perkins+Will in 2017 documented existing resilience costs of $6.8

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5 Success Factors for Construction Firms

Construction Marketing

Document Only What Matters. Although we want to document everything, it’s not feasible. Data documented should accomplish two things: Manage projects. Work-sites too busy to document consistently. Ensure the team understands the importance of accurate documentation. Document every issue that can lead to litigation.

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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

Responding to all document and other information requests by the OSHA inspector. Consulting with the company’s legal counsel about difficult or special problems, such as search warrants or subpoenas. Being courteous and polite, but firmly exercising the company’s legal rights.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.