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Embracing Change for Safer, Efficient Facilities

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Building Manuals: Embracing Change for Safer, Efficient Facilities The Building Confidence Report (BCR) In 2018, the Building Confidence Report (BCR) was tabled by State and Territory Building Ministers in response to concerns regarding building defects and cladding fires. What Should Building Manuals Contain?

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Environmental Regulations in Construction: What Contractors Need to Know

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Governments balance the needs of both by requiring contractors, property owners, and others involved in construction to mitigate the effect of building activity on the environment, including air, water, and animal and plant life. In general, these laws apply to both contractors on the jobsite and the owner of the completed building.

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Retainage in Construction: Security Measure for Owners, But What for Contractors?

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One such measure is the use of a retainage fee, which is a percentage of the contract amount that an owner withholds from a contractor until the completion of the project. Usually, substantial completion is when the project is ready for its intended use or occupancy, even though minor work items may still need to be completed.

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Learn About the Latest News on US Infrastructure Building, US Highway Ronan North Construction, and Denies Request to Slow Construction

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Three couples who are opposing the pipeline’s use of eminent domain to acquire their land filed a petition for an emergency injunction last week, but Chief Justice John Roberts refused it in a brief ruling. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, which projected $1.2

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Beca on the gold mine under our feet

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Each soil type performs differently, especially when there is a building or road placed on top of it. There are millions of kilometres of pipes, conduits, and optical fibre beneath our feet which provide us with power, the internet and more. Underground water, like contamination, needs to be critically understood prior to building.