蜜桔直播 environmental victories include 鈥渨ins鈥 on issues such as: National Air Standards, EPA鈥檚 鈥楳ud Rule,鈥 Fly Ash in Construction, Lead Paint 鈥楥learance鈥 Testing, Off-road Diesel Emissions Rules and Funding for Diesel Retrofit. These efforts save member firms billions of dollars every year.
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 674, a bill to repeal the 3 percent withholding law. The vote passed 422 to 0 and will be sent to the president for his signature. Today鈥檚 legislative victory was the culmination of over five years of work by 蜜桔直播, 蜜桔直播 Chapters, 蜜桔直播 members and coalition partners.
蜜桔直播 of America and the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) have launched a partnership designed to educate the construction community about the lean construction process. The first-ever lean construction education program will include the latest research and content thanks to an agreement announced between 蜜桔直播 and LCI. Both groups will now be able to work together to create additional resources for contractors about lean construction because of the new agreement. Learn about the Lean Construction Forum and the 蜜桔直播 Lean Construction Education Program. Click here to read more about the partnership.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met today to consider聽H.R. 1734, the 鈥淐ivilian Property Realignment Act.鈥 The bill, sponsored by聽House Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency聽Management Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), would employ a Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)-like process for civilian properties, reduce the federal footprint and save taxpayers billions of dollars. 蜜桔直播 has been working with committee staff to聽better understand the impact of this legislation and how the construction industry can play a large part in ensuring the success of this effort.
Construction projects are increasingly more complex. Cash is now the grand emperor of survival and competition for fewer jobs is intense. Contractors must do more with fewer resources and greater cooperation is needed to have successful projects. Come learn about how Lean Construction processes deliver solutions that work. This webinar will introduce the basic principles and three proven techniques of Lean applied to construction.
The 蜜桔直播 IPD and Lean Construction Building Conference was held Sept. 21-24, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas with a record attendance of more than 230 participants.聽 Building construction contractors, construction project owners, design professionals, attorneys, suppliers and service suppliers came together to hear from an excellent line-up of industry experts about the impact of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Lean Construction on the construction industry.
蜜桔直播 continues to call for greater transparency, accountability and oversight in the development of national rules covering Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (LRRP) activities.聽 蜜桔直播 helped to bring some positive movement this summer on the 鈥渞esidential鈥 side of the LRRP rule 鈥 which is now in full effect 鈥 and influenced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 (EPA) decision to abandon lead-dust sample and testing for repair work on homes, schools and daycare centers built prior to 1978.
ConsensusDOCS庐 has just published contract guidance addressing a new critical insurance issue that impacts construction contracts. ACORD, the licensing company for insurance forms, has amended their certificate of insurance form requirements.
Project Delivery Systems for Construction-Third Edition聽explores traditional and alternative project delivery systems including Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Construction Management At-Risk, Integrated Project Delivery, and more.
Developed by 蜜桔直播 of America and the National Association of State Facilities Administrators (NASFA), Best Practices for Use of Best Value Selections explores the use of Best Value Selection and identifies many of the best practices related to this type of procurement.