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DFI Launches Podcast: Broadcasting Common Ground – First Episode to Be Released on August 11

July 29, 2021

Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces the launch of its new podcast channel – Broadcasting Common Ground. In the first series, Interview with a Survivor, hosts Lucky Nagarajan and Tim Siegel, P.E., G.E., D.GE, will be speaking with industry experts about their near misses, problem projects, and resolutions. The […]

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July 27, 2021

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GRL Engineers, Inc. Open Hawaii Office

July 22, 2021

GRL Engineers, the Cleveland, OH based deep foundation consulting and testing firm, opens its 12th office location on Oahu, Hawaii. GRL Engineers offer a variety of testing and analysis methods for the diverse Hawaiian geotechnical conditions and challenging driven and drilled deep foundation installations. The new Oahu based office will […]

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 […]