article thumbnail

Construction Bid Win Percentage

Job Order Contracting

Streamlined Negotiations : When cost data is verifiable and defensible, theres less room for disputes, leading to quicker client approvals and stronger working relationships. Justify their pricing with objective, defensible data that withstands scrutiny.

Bidding 147
article thumbnail

How to File a Lawsuit After an Injury At a Construction Site?

Construction Marketing

Help with negotiations This can be difficult, as insurance companies are often reluctant to pay large settlements. An experienced attorney will know how to negotiate with insurance companies and fight for the best possible settlement for you. Contributory negligence This defense says that you were partially to blame for your injuries.

Injury 255
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Test the Bounds of Job Order Contracting?

Job Order Contracting

B291940 (October 26, 2020), 2nd District Court of Appeal, involved a JOC contract, a JOC contractor who charged rates higher than those specified in the unit price book, and the JOC contractor’s defenses against claims by the public entity that it had overcharged for its work. JOC Contract: Enforceable Contract or Mere Agreement to Negotiate.

Contract 130
article thumbnail

Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

However, the Department of Defense Appropriation Act precludes expenditure of funds on contracts in excess of $1 Million that require subcontractors and employees to consent to arbitration. And such is a big deal in this consideration when the Department of Defense is the largest owner of green buildings.

Green 120
article thumbnail

A Green Building Game of Thrones

Green Building Law Update

In July 2011, it appeared the USGBC was willing to negotiate with SFI. In 2011, Congress passed a Department of Defense Reauthorization bill that effectively banned LEED Gold or Platinum certification. On the other side is the non-FSC timber industry -- those wood providers that can't attain FSC certification.

Green 120
article thumbnail

Preparing the CDL Driver: What Training Should be Required?

FDR Safety

the USDOT has announced that it intends to undertake a negotiated rule-making or “RegNeg.”. Government, then, has been unable to propose the right recipe for training that will equal the skill demonstrated by the experienced driver who has learned (perhaps the hard way) how to drive defensively and anticipate risk and drive accordingly.

Safety 120
article thumbnail

Best Practice Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

d) An indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (task order) contract which provides for the use of negotiated, definitive, bilateral orders (i.e., through discussions and negotiations. d) Negotiations. (1) 1) Negotiations on orders $100,000 or more may not begin without an Independent Government Estimate (IGE). (2)

Contract 100