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Framer's Death Not the Fault of General Contractor Or Owner 6/20/2005
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

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.

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.

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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