Construction
Law:
Information on this page courtesy of Huddles
& Jones, P.C., located in Columbia, Maryland. Firm lawyers hold
degrees in architecture and engineering, have served as government
counsel, and have extensive construction field experience. Applying
this expertise, the firm handles cases involving non-payment, additional
services, default terminations, design defects, differing conditions,
changes, delays, suspensions of work, acceleration, labor inefficiency,
bid mistakes and protests, as well as insurance and surety claims
on construction projects of virtually every type.
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering
(AACE)
www.aacei.org
Offers an online bookstore.
National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
www.necanet.org
Offers commonly used publication on productivity losses as well
as publications on estimating the cost of change orders and other
studies on loss of efficiency.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering
Research Laboratories for the Construction Technology Transfer Center
at Indiana State University
www.buildersnet.org/cpmtutor/cpmtutor.html
Provides an online training program to educate viewers on CPM scheduling.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
www.asce.org
Includes a publications page that leads to its journal publications.
R.S. Means
www.rsmeans.com
A leading supplier of construction cost information.
Marshall
Swift
www.marshallswift.com
Provides residential and commercial building cost data for new construction
and renovation work.
Project Management Institute
www.pmi.org
Offers products and news related to project management issues, including
CPM scheduling and change management.
Defense Acquisition Deskbook
web.deskbook.osd.mil/default.asp
Includes a substantial database of government contract documents
that are easily accessible through the search tool.
U.S. Army Cost and Economic Analysis Center
www.ceac.army.mil/pubs
Provides a publication search tool.
Construction Criteria Base
www.ccb.org
Provides a search library of construction documents primarily related
to government contracts.
iCivilEngineer
www.icivilengineer.com
Referred to as "the Civil Engineering Web Directory."
Construction Industry Institute in Austin, Texas
www.construction-institute.org
Presents best practices in several areas of construction, including
change management and disputes resolution.
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