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2020 September

ConsensusDocs Publishes First Industry Standard Contract that Integrates Lean Practices for Design-Build Projects

On June 24, the ConsensusDocs Coalition published the ConsensusDocs 431, the industry’s first standard contract document that tailors Lean practices to work with the design-build project delivery method. Lean practices are growing in importance to...

2020 April

Study Finds Construction Organizations with the Highest Levels of Trust Perform Twice as Well

Autodesk, Inc., in partnership with management consulting firm FMI Corporation, released findings from an industry study, “Trust Matters: The High Cost of Low Trust.” The study measured the costs and benefits of different levels of...

2020 February

How Do GCs Pay and Treat Their Subs?

Seventy-five percent of contractors feel left in the dark about their payment terms or payment timing and wonder whether they are getting a fair shake on the job, according to the 2019 National Construction...

2019 July

NAHB Unveils Resources for Home Builders to Address Opioid Crisis

The National Association of Home Builders rolled new resources, “Opioids in the Home Building Industry: Making it Your Business,” to help residential construction companies address the opioid crisis facing the home building industry. ...

2019 April

U.S. Department of Labor Releases Overtime Update Proposal

The U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would make more than a million more American workers eligible for overtime. Under currently enforced law, employees with a salary below...

January 2019

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes to Revise Beryllium Standard for General Industry

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Dec. 10, 2018, issued a proposed rule to revise the beryllium standard for general industry. The proposed changes are designed to clarify the...

2018 October

ConsensusDocs Coalition Publishes a New Lean Addendum

The ConsensusDocs Coalition is publishing the industry’s first Lean Addendum standard contract document. The ConsensusDocs 305 utilizes lean tools and processes without an Integrated Project Delivery agreement. The Lean Addendum provides a contractual...

2018 October

SBA Announces Decrease in Surety Bond Guarantee Fees

The U.S. Small Business Administration announces the first fee decrease in Surety Bond Guarantees in 12 years. The fee decrease will be in effect for guaranteed bonds approved during fiscal year 2019, taking effect October...

2018 August

AIIS Seeks to End Enforcement of Section 232 Steel Tariffs with Summary Judgment Filing

The American Institute for International Steel and two of its member companies filed a motion for summary judgment July 19 with the United States Court of International Trade in an effort to halt enforcement of...

Management

ConsensusDocs Publishes First Industry Standard Contract that Integrates Lean Practices for Design-Build Projects

Study Finds Construction Organizations with the Highest Levels of Trust Perform Twice as Well

How Do GCs Pay and Treat Their Subs?

NAHB Unveils Resources for Home Builders to Address Opioid Crisis

U.S. Department of Labor Releases Overtime Update Proposal

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes to Revise Beryllium Standard for General Industry

ConsensusDocs Coalition Publishes a New Lean Addendum

SBA Announces Decrease in Surety Bond Guarantee Fees

AIIS Seeks to End Enforcement of Section 232 Steel Tariffs with Summary Judgment Filing

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