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Balancing Job Order Contracting Objectives and Costs

Job Order Contracting

Balancing Objectives and Costs for Job Order Contracting is often overlooked by most organizations. Are you consistently achieving quality on-time, on-budget repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build outcomes at a reasonable cost? Do you have full, verifiable, objective cost visibility? Are you using just to simply speed the procurement process?

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Sempra Signs Bechtel for Port Arthur, Texas LNG Project Second Phase

ENR Construction

Developer also launched EPA permitting process for a carbon sequestration project at the LNG site, which aims to capture and store its emitted carbon.

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QBE North America Unveils Insights on Cyber, Labor and Financial Challenges in 2024 Commercial Construction Risk Report

Construction Superintendent Magazine

QBE North America has released its 2024 Commercial Construction Risk Report, uncovering key risks and emerging challenges within the commercial construction industry. Highlighting cybersecurity threats, financial challenges and labor shortage as significant concerns, the report sheds light on the industry’s unique risks threatening project timelines, budgets and safety.

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Sempra Signs Bechtel for Port Arthur LNG Project's Second Phase

ENR Construction

Sempra also has initiated the permitting process for its Titan Carbon Sequestration project, which aims to capture carbon emitted from the Port Arthur LNG facility.

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How General Contractors Can Drive Growth Without Increasing Headcount

For construction businesses, scaling operations means taking on greater workloads. Unfortunately, much of the responsibility of managing additional work falls on you and your finance team. Learn how you can navigate the increased complexity of managing more projects without adding headcount. We’re here to share insights into why technology is key to scaling your finance operations.

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#137:  Liability for Negligent Selection of Subcontractors

NH Construction Law

It is well established that general contractors are vicariously liable for damages resulting from the negligence of their employees, but not of their independent contractors except in the case of “inherently dangerous” activities, Arthur v. Holy Rosary Credit Union , 139 N.H. 463 (1995). But a general contractor can be liable for its own negligence in hiring an incompetent subcontractor. “As a general rule, the employer has a duty to use reasonable care to choose a contractor w