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Viewpoint: Arbitration Agreements Can Create Uncertainty in Construction Contracts

October 26, 2016

We have all heard many times that arbitration is a contractual or consensual process.

Grandview Medical Center Project Revived After Decade-Long Delay

Technology and collaboration help revive a high-tech Birmingham, Ala., hospital project after more than a decade of dormancy

Jim Parsons

October 26, 2016

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When owner legal issues idled construction of the highly touted “hospital of the future” in Birmingham, Ala., in 2003, Brasfield & Gorrie project director Robert Robison knew it might be some time before work on the half-finished, 13-story, 1 million-sq-ft facility resumed.

Owners and Contractors At Odds on Project Cost Solutions

Groups see standardization as a solution but don’t agree on who leads to deploy it, says researcher.

Debra K. Rubin

October 26, 2016

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Groups see standardization as a solution but don’t agree on who leads to deploy it, says researcher.

Early Warning Signs Can Foretell Project Pitfalls, Experts Say

Bruce Buckley

October 26, 2016

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Contractors face innumerable risks on projects, and although good planning can help reduce many exposures, plans can’t prevent everything.

JE Dunn Construction Deepens Its Roots as a Community Builder

Kansas City-based JE Dunn Construction boosts its jobsite technology and in-house collaboration to build more complex, iconic buildings

Scott Dailey

October 26, 2016

In 1943, at the height of World War II, JE Dunn Construction had just earned what Steve Dunn, grandson of founder John Ernest Dunn, describes as “a decent profit” building the U.S. Army Quartermaster’s Depot on Independence Avenue in Kansas City, Mo.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of Oct. 31, 2016

Scott Lewis

October 26, 2016

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Project News from Dodge Data & Analytics

Jeff Rubenstone

October 26, 2016

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Equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. on Oct. 17 announced that CEO and Chairman Doug Oberhelman will retire from the company in March.

Craft Competitions: Power Line Workers Reach High at Rodeo

Bruce Buckley

October 26, 2016

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Launched 33 years ago, the International Lineman’s Rodeo is based on the concept of a traditional ranchers’ rodeo.

Craft Competitions: Ironworker Apprentices Test Their Mettle

Louise Poirier

October 26, 2016

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Every two years, the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers Union (Ironworkers International) hosts a National Apprentice Competition.

Craft Competitions: 'Roofing Games' Push Roofers Upward

Scott Blair

October 26, 2016

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The Western States Roofing Contractors Association introduced “The Roofing Games” in 2014 at its annual exposition in Las Vegas as a way “to keep contractors on the trade show floor until the close of the show,” says Joel Viera, the group’s director of exposition and events.

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Viewpoint: Arbitration Agreements Can Create Uncertainty in Construction Contracts

Grandview Medical Center Project Revived After Decade-Long Delay

Owners and Contractors At Odds on Project Cost Solutions

Early Warning Signs Can Foretell Project Pitfalls, Experts Say

JE Dunn Construction Deepens Its Roots as a Community Builder

Pulse: Project News for the Week of Oct. 31, 2016

Despite C-Suite Reshuffle Caterpillar Is Optimistic

Craft Competitions: Power Line Workers Reach High at Rodeo

Craft Competitions: Ironworker Apprentices Test Their Mettle

Craft Competitions: 'Roofing Games' Push Roofers Upward

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