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6 Takeaways from the Online Dispute Mediation Experience

Construction Business Owner

With stay-at-home orders and corporate travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, but parties wanting to keep the dates of previously scheduled mediations, I have recently found myself in a position where I needed to quickly learn how to conduct a mediation online.

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Are Your Hotel General Contractors Checked In or Out?

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As the summer approaches and schools across the country will be taking an extended break, the busiest travel season of the year will begin. Smith Travel Research reports that U.S. Nationally, real spending on travel and tourism turned up in the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in 2013.

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8 Best Practice Tips for a Schedule Analysis of Construction Delays

Best Practices Construction Law

A number of families will be traveling this holiday weekend, and some are travel-savvy enough to check out travel websites like www.911.Virginia.org However, the different methods of schedule analysis can lead to varying results. If the delay absorbs the “float” in the schedule, then it is not compensable.

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12 Step Program for Creating Credible Construction Estimates

Job Order Contracting

. #1 Define estimate’s purpose ■ Who will use the estimate and how. Required level of detail, and overall scope. #2 Monte Carlo simulation) to develop a confidence interval around the point estimate. ■ Monte Carlo simulation) to develop a confidence interval around the point estimate. ■

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Schedule Column Width

Revit OpEd

In my griping about schedules in my previous post I mentioned (in an addendum) that we get a new feature in Revit 2014 that provides some measure of control over column width. The Revit 2014 Modify Schedule/Quantities ribbon interface now looks like this. Tips Schedules New Features Dept. Btw, bummer. Your mileage may vary.

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9 Best Practice Tips for a Schedule Analysis of Construction Delays

Best Practices Construction Law

A number of families will be traveling this holiday season, and some are travel-savvy enough to check out travel websites for real-time traffic information and identification of construction delays. However, the different methods of schedule analysis can lead to varying results. So, which method is correct?

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

For example, GAO and other studies/reports consistently report that errors and lack of due diligence with respect to original construction cost estimates are primary reasons for negative cost and schedule impacts, and overall poor project performance and outcomes. T The following figure, for example, was produced in 1972.