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#146:  Design-Build Contracts and the Spearin Doctrine: an Update

NH Construction Law

414, 428-29 (2007), “the implied warranty is that the specifications will result in a satisfactory, acceptable, or adequate result; short of that, the specifications are defective and the contractor is entitled to an equitable adjustment.” As described by AAB Joint Venture v. United States , 75 Fed.

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3 Solutions to Help Solve the Commercial Construction Labor Shortage

HardHatChat

Between 2007-2009, the construction industry lost 2.3 However, I know how to manage an electrical team on site, while simultaneously managing foundation and drywall contractors. In baseball terms, we use it as our farm system. Unfortunately, that time has not come yet. million jobs. How do we fix this?

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Little benefit would be achieved by attempting to directly apply the Toyota Production System (TPS), or similar approaches to the AEC sector, exclusive of as a general background learning exercise. The Foundations of lean construction. An introduction to building procurement systems. References: Abdelhamid, T. Joosten, T.,

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Cairo & the Built Environment: Past, Present, and Future

Civil + Structural Engineer

This ambitious project–owned by the Egyptian National Authority of Tunnels (NAT)–is intended to create a direct connection between Cairo, the New Administrative Capital, and 6th of October City via a two-line rapid transit system. When completed, this will be the longest driverless monorail system in the world.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

When MEP (Systems as it was called then) appeared a year later they extended the concept to Mechanical and Electrical (plumbing lumped in with Mechanical till release 2013). Structural - Similar to architecture but hides non-load bearing walls and some hidden line behavior with respect to concrete floors/slabs and foundations.

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Bamboo Housing Around the World

Natural Building

Cubo’s bamboo homes incorporate many aspects of the traditional “Bahay Kubo” including a raised foundation and louvers, a type of window blind that allows natural ventilation and light. The structures can be assembled in just a few days and should last up to 50 years.

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Delivering Valuable Data: an interoperability code of practice

Extranet Evolution

When I wrote my book, “Construction Collaboration Technologies: An Extranet Evolution”, in 2005, I looked forward to a rosy collaborative future encompassing BIM, real-time collaboration, mobile technologies, and rich integration with back-office and others systems. to a typical project budget ”.