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		<title>Construction Estimating: the Odd Numbers game</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a design professional, you have likely seen your share of construction estimates.  You may be in charge of evaluating bid proposals and/or in reviewing projects for value engineering possibilities.  Of course, you are almost certainly involved in submitting your own proposal estimates for architectural or engineering services on a project. I saw a recent blog discussion on construction estimates, and how owners [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2711&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Roofing performance &amp; codes &#8211; Free webinar tomorrow (the &#8220;it&#8217;s-not-Tue&#8221; Tip)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaBrumback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for the late notice, but this one just crossed my desk:  Tomorrow, January 26, 2012, at 2pm EST, Architectural Roofing &#38; Waterproofing University will present a free webinar entitled &#8220;Code Changes, Point Programs and the Roofing Industry.&#8221; Here&#8217;s the description from the presenter: Webinar will discuss issues that are important to both roof performance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2700&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Specialized Certification for Structural Engineers: a necessity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaBrumback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In North Carolina, as in 39 other states, there is no special certification for structural engineers.  As structural engineering becomes more complex, is specialized certification an idea whose time has come? &#8220;Increasingly, structural engineers, architects and construction firms work together at the earliest stages of a project,&#8221; says Jon Schmidt, Associate Structural Engineer and Director [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2679&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Design Products of 2011 (Tue Tip)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaBrumback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ED+C (Environmental Design &#38; Construction) magazine recently released a list of its top 10 design products for 2011, based on reader requests for additional information.  Topping the list?  The Energy Star LED lightbulb.  Most popular type of product? Materials relating to air quality. Item which made the best picture for this post?  The Invisi Series II [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2689&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rapunzel vs. the Structural Engineers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaBrumback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little light-heartedness for your Friday morning&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Do your kids&#8217; eyes glaze over when you tell them what you do for a living?  The only exposure many kids have to architects and engineers is Mike Brady (thru Brady Bunch re-runs) and NASA folk.  If you don&#8217;t work for NASA (and I&#8217;m pretty sure you aren&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2673&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Avoid (?) Professional Liability Claims and Manage Liability Exposure (Tue Tip)</title>
		<link>http://constructionlawnc.com/2012/01/10/avoid-claims-tip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaBrumback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you made it your New Year&#8217;s resolution to practice better risk management at your Firm this year?  If not, you should! There is always something you can do to lessen your risks of a lawsuit.  Here&#8217;s an easy one:  make plans to attend the next Hall &#38; Company webinar, entitled: &#8220;Lessons Learned: Practical Advice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2650&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Duke&#8217;s Power Lines Project &amp; Native American Sacred Mounds (News Note)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaBrumback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duke Energy has been cleared to update power lines near the Eastern Band of the Cherokee’s reservation in the western North Carolina mountains. Late last month, the North Carolina Utilities Commission handed down their ruling, allowing Duke&#8217;s project to continue despite protests from the Cherokee tribe and other residents of the Kituwah Valley. The Valley is home to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2658&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 3 Take-Away Lessons for Engineers from the Sewage case (law note)</title>
		<link>http://constructionlawnc.com/2012/01/06/engineer-immunity-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaBrumback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we discussed yesterday, CH2M was held liable in negligence for the accidental death and other injuries sustained by workers at the Spokane wastewater treatment facility.  Today, a few take-away lessons for design professionals, regardless of where you work: Never assume that you cannot be sued.  The engineers at CH2M thought they had a slam-dunk case, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2637&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Engineer: Immune or not in Sewer collapse? (Part 2) (law note)</title>
		<link>http://constructionlawnc.com/2012/01/05/engineer-immunity-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaBrumback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1/9/2012:  In the original version of this post, an incorrect picture was used of the new water reclamation facility for Spokane County, WA.  This photo is the facility discussed in the lawsuit.  Many thanks to David Moss, PE, for the correction.  When last we left off, the causes of the Spokane wastewater treatment disaster were revealed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2627&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is an Engineer ever immune from lawsuit? (Law note)</title>
		<link>http://constructionlawnc.com/2012/01/04/engineering-immunity-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaBrumback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can an Engineering firm be held liable in negligence despite provisions in a state law which allegedly gives design professionals immunity?  That was the issue confronted recently by the Supreme Court in the state of Washington in a case entitled Larry Michaels vs. CH2M Hill. The Washington court analysed its state Industrial Insurance Act, which is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=constructionlawnc.com&amp;blog=10884931&amp;post=2617&amp;subd=ncconstructionandbusinessdisputelaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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