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| Framer's Death Not the Fault of General Contractor Or Owner
6/20/2005 |
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A general contractor and an owner were not responsible
for the death of a subcontractor’s employee because
they did not exercise control over the manner in which
the sub did its work, a Utah appeals court ruled. Full
Story |
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Contractor Had Duty of Care To Office Workers at Jobsite
6/20/2005
A contractor owed a duty of care to an office worker when it
excavated an area directly behind the rear door of her office,
an Ohio court has ruled.
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San Francisco Contract Rules Have Construction in Turmoil
6/13/2005
San Francisco’s
municipal construction market is facing hard times with shrinking
bid lists and escalating prices as some of its big-dollar
jobs finish late and over budget. Contractors say cash-strapped
public coffers and city risk-shifting are to blame for project
woes, while government officials say the high volume of private-sector
work has diminished competition. |
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In Scottsdale, Schedule Experts Plan Standards
6/10/2005
The Project Management Institute’s College of Scheduling
unveiled its initiative to produce guidelines and best practices
at the college’s annual conference in Scottsdale, Ariz.
last month. One hundred volunteers are assigned to write the
documents intended to raise levels of professionalism, says
Murray B. Woolf, senior executive consultant with Long International,
a claims and project management consultant based in Littleton,
Colo.
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