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Registration is Open for DFI’s Virtual S3: Slopes, Slides and Stabilization Software-Series Webinar

May 19, 2020

Registration is now open at www.dfi.org/S3-2020 for DFI’s S3: Slopes, Slides and Stabilization webinar being held Wednesday, August 5, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST (US). The webinar is part of an ongoing software discussion series for DFI’s S3: Slopes, Slides and Stabilization conferences developed to further industry understanding […]

Looking for Modular Flexifloat Barges?

May 14, 2020

Looking for heavy civil and marine construction equipment? How about modular Flexifloat barges? Check out Oregon-based Marine Construction Rentals, the experts in the field of specialty marine equipment.

Jd Fields & Co. Acquires Alameda Pipe & Steel Co. as Texas Pipeline and Infrastructure Company Evolves From Steel Supplier to Manufacturer

May 14, 2020

JD Fields & Company, Inc. – a leading U.S. oil & gas pipeline and civil infrastructure STEEL products distributor – today announced the acquisition of Alameda Pipe & Steel Company, a steel products manufacturer based in Gardena, CA. The purchase of the newly branded Alameda Pipe and Fab enables the […]

Legal

Project Delay Strategies for Suppliers and Equipment Rental Companies

May 20, 2020

View the complete article here. By Mark Rice, Esq. What is the Mumbai case? Well, a 123-page Court Opinion on project delays associated with construction of the new US Consular Office in Mumbai, India. It seems that parallel to the project, the US Government and the Republic of India were […]

Indemnification Clauses: Is Yours Enforceable

November 1, 2019

View the complete version here. Heavy equipment rental companies always require those renting their equipment to sign an agreement, and one of the terms in that agreement is very likely to be an indemnification provision. However, enforceability of such a clause will depend on the actual language used to shift […]

Safety & Risk in Construction: The Importance of Technology

July 9, 2018

View the complete article here. Construction is inherently risky to limb and life. This is in part due to the fact a construction site is a mobile factory, set up quickly, dismantled at the end, and without the ergonomic repetition and lengthy planning of a Henry Ford factory or modern […]