Construction Attorney (Los Angeles )

The Law Offices of Elan Darvish provides a broad array of services that encompass all phases of the construction process, from construction contract formation and negotiation through litigation and resolution ... projects, large multi unit residential projects to large commercial projects throughout Southern [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 08:00:55

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Good organizational skills

by Daniel Massey NYC Central Labor Council head will work to protect jobs, bring federal stimulus to city ... , the union’s top position, in 1996. He has successfully negotiated hundreds of contracts ... -profile construction accidents. “He knows people sometimes start from different points [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:00:21

Corruption : Ethiopia’s Corrupt Rulers Play on US Tax Payer Money Provdied By World Bank & IMF

(ION) - Now that the EPRDF ... ceramics for the construction industry. It is winning all of the contracts, to such an extent ... of Sunshine Construction whose executives Samuel Tadesse and Fetlework Elala are close to her. Moreover [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:57:04

Contractors sponsor commissioner’s trips

CONTRACTORS SPONSOR COMMISSIONER'S TRIPS While Mississippi’s top four transportation officials travel often at taxpayer expense, they also are frequently taken away with their wives to popular tourist destinations and put up in luxury hotels with tabs picked up by groups of road builders who receive construction contracts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:14:31

'Hedge Funds Look at Northern Arizona Land as an Investment'

Rolling Hills Ranches, LLC has engaged experts from the Master Planned Communities group of Kitchell Construction to provide planning oversight for ... and Nevada. Kitchell Contractors provides construction management and general contracting services to private sector clients. Kitchell Corporation also owns American Refrigeration Supplies, an air [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 09:45:00

Three Things Every Contractor Should Know Before Signing That Construction Contract for Building Remediation

by G. Trippe Hawthorne and Mark D. Mese In a perfect world, Contractors would only do business with owners, designers, subcontractors, ... , if you are doing remediation, are you going to be paid by the property owner, the building tenant ... you are working? Are those asbestos tiles? Is that mold in the corner? The last thing you need [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 13:20:04

Now They’re Scrambling In Florida

The Palm Beach Post reports from Florida. “In the past four decades, the Altman Cos ... .’” “With the financial markets in turmoil and home prices continuing their descent to unknown depths, more and more home buyers are desperately looking for ways out of pre-construction contracts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 14:50:03

Legal News - LexBlogosphere: 1/14/09

Legal News - LexBlogosphere: 1/14/09 Today's LexBlogsphere roundup has a few posts that start to look ahead ... ; Sullivan on their Federal Construction Contracting Blog Holiday Overtime - Somerville attorney Frank ... Another Banner Day at FDA - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. at his Bio Job Blog [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:32:39

Quick Take: Emcor Group Inc.

EMCOR Group is a construction contractor that handles installation and maintenance of several building systems, including electrical, HVAC, plumbing, ... from the heavily cyclical commercial construction market. By focusing on growing maintenance contracts, EMCOR ... here. Last year, about half of EMCOR's revenues were from new construction projects, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 10:55:07

Assembly subpoenas Yankees over stadium

More Pay to Play or huge donations to campaign accounts, or large lucrative contracts for the buddies in construction companies? Boy all we have to do is follow the money in anything, everything [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:23:28

March Professional Trailbuilders Conference in Asheville, NC

Set for March 15 - 20, 2009 in Asheville, NC, the Professional Trailbuilders Conference will feature seminars, expositions, demonstrations and meetings for those that manage or build trails. Topics include design and construction, land management, trail planning, contracting, advocacy and other related matters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:34:49

As Real Estate Market Stays Sour, Courts Punish Builders Who Stray From Construction Schedules, Relieving Buyers From Contracts

Back in August of 2008, as knowledge of the global financial crisis was both broadening and deepening, ... for deviation from the promised two-year construction schedule.  While the developer obtained [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:04:04

Steam Generators News - Steam Generator Repair

A Disconcert to Todd's The Oil Drum - Jan 17, 2009 We also must two back-up generators, ... industrial or manufacturing OGS to Presentation over $9.1 Million in New Construction Contracts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:28:33

Rumor: Fiat to link with Chrysler

Rumor: Fiat to link with Chrysler January 19th, 2009 by DaveAdmin Last year, ... , including the contract construction of Fiat’s commercial trucks in the United States, and a partnership [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:34:56

Olympic village developer speaks out

Olympic village developer speaks out By Jeff Lee 01-20-2009 COMMENTS(0) ... some of the construction contracts with trades and sub-trades, effectively making it that much harder [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:46:00

Business Manager (Qatar)

Your responsibilities: You will create and develop the market in Qatar ... support to projects during the design and construction phases. You will ensure that new contracts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:41:05

Nuclear Reaction - A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power: More trouble brewing at Olkiluoto

Over the holiday season there’s been a very interesting development in the construction of the OL3 nuclear reactor in Olkiluoto, Finland ... contracts are drawn up all over the world. Both outcomes appear to be bad news for the taxpayer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:48:58

Live LexBlog blogs for the week of 1/5-1/9

Live LexBlog blogs for the week of 1/5-1/9 Everyone's back to work and finding their groove now that we've experienced our first full business ... Tannenbaum publish the Florida Community Association Construction Law Blog, where they provide insight on maintenance and repair contracts, transition claims and other relevant topics. The New York Injury [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 01:17:31

January Beige Book

From the Federal Reserve: January Beige Book - Second District–New York Construction and Real Estate Housing markets in the District have been ... contracts negotiated in late 2007 and early 2008. Based on current contracts, overall apartment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:27:05

Freepers In Iraq

You'll have to click this link to read the whole thing.5 years of struggle has paid off. Say what you will about "why" ... and expediting functions on the construction of coalition camps, Iraqi Army camps and police stations ... waiting areas.Another 17 daily flights were recently added and more airlines are signing contracts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 22:46:00

How the system works (by Russell Roberts)

Rod Blagojevich will probably go to jail for trying to sell a Senate seat and various other shenanigans ... , Calif., company that in 2004 was awarded two consulting contracts worth about $1.4 million to advise ... the developer, Robert J. Congel, to use tax-exempt bonds to help finance the construction of the Destiny [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 03:10:12

NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT - Jack Ahern, the business manager of Operating Engineers local 30

from CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS:Jack Ahern: Organizing his worldNYC Central Labor Council head will work to protect jobs, ... has successfully negotiated hundreds of contracts for the 4,000-member Queens-based local, including ... officials together last year following several high-profile construction accidents.“He knows people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:32:41

Stadium News - Sort of

As anticipated, the county's vote on the contracts have been pushed back to February ... is not guaranteed, as a two-thirds majority of county commissioners must approve the construction and management agreements. The reason: The Marlins hired contractors without going through a county bid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:46:20

December 15-16, 2008 FOMC Minutes

The Fed seems a bit concerned about the horse now that its out of the barn . . ... weakened again as construction activity, new home sales, and home prices declined further. In the business sector, investment in equipment and software appeared to continue to contract. Industrial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:36:59

THE CONTRACTING OUT CRISIS AT THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY…replacing unionized civil servant architects and engineers with non union consultants causes serious problems with public housing project construction and renovation work

from CITY LIMITS: AUDIT: NYCHA CAPITAL PROGRAM IN TROUBLEAn internal report by the inspector general over the Housing Authority says management lapses and cost overruns will severely curtail plans to repair the city’s aging stock of public ... s in-house construction management team that normally oversees jobs. NYCHA was attempting to improve [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:04:00

Challenges ahead for BIA

Challenges ahead for BIABY R. JAYAPRAKASHBENGALURUArticle Rank On February 1st, 2009, ... . When we started construction, we had to expand it by over 70 per cent. Building the organisation was a tough ... and it was clear from the very beginning that con sortiums will also bag contracts. There would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:23:00

Progress Energy Florida Contracts for Two New AP1000 Reactors; Will Retire Two Coal-Fired Units

Progress Energy Florida (PEF) has contracted with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and The Shaw Group Inc ... (COLA). Current plans would be for the units to be operational in the 2016 to 2018 time frame ... about 5,100 acres in southern Levy County for the potential construction of two nuclear reactors [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:15:33

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