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Curtain wall design-assist: Navigating the process for success

Construction Specifier

Technological advancements in curtain wall design tools, materials, prototyping, and fabrication techniques offer new avenues for achieving these lofty design and performance goals. Defining specific requirements for fabrication samples, mockups, and testing.

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Lawsuit over First LEED Platinum Building is Over

Green Building Law Update

Permapost had a subcontract to apply pressure-treated PolyClear 2000 preservative to the Parallams. Parallams are a fabricated wood product made by gluing strands of second-growth trees together to form a larger and stronger engineered wood product.

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5 Types of Subcontractor Software Transforming the Trades 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Subcontracting is a time-honored tradition. However, project management tools diverge in that they focus on project progress, rather than progress along a sub process, like fabrication or installation. This will help your productivity skyrocket, from the field to the fabrication shop. . Today, little is different.

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Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Job Order Contracting

PLEASE NOTE: In occasions where the contractor is asked to provide materials, equipment, and/or subcontract pricing for work by direct bidding that may, or. equipment, and fabricating items customary to the trade, etc., Subcontracts: Contractors may use the services of Subcontractors if noted in Contract. The Contractor shall.

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#81:  Women-Owned Small Businesses

NH Construction Law

There are also limitations on how much work a WOSB can subcontract out to non-WOSB entities – for general construction contracts, it’s no more than 85% exclusive of the cost of materials. The enabling statute sets a goal of five percent of federal contracting dollars being awarded to WOSBs annually. 13 C.F.R. § § 125.6(a)(3).

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Texas ‘Retainage’ vs. ‘Reserved Funds’: What’s the Difference & Why it Matters

Levelset

Code §53.001 : “(11) ‘Retainage’ means an amount representing part of a contract payment that is not required to be paid to the claimant within the month following the month in which labor is performed, material furnished, or specially fabricated material; is delivered.”

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Q2 Construction Labor Costs $28.13/Hour

Job Order Contracting

Production responsibilities for establishments in this sector are usually specified in (1) contracts with the owners of construction projects (prime contracts) or (2) contracts with other construction establishments (subcontracts). Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters. Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters. 51-4193.