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native methods of payment, such as direct owner-to-subcontractor disbursements and multi-prime arrangements, such as separate contracting or construction management, so long as all parties cannot sit down at the bargaining table and negotiate a mutually acceptable standard subcontract form." The two groups have urged their members to consider using the A401 Model Subcontract Agreement sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) until agreement can be reached with AGC on a joint standard form.
Student Design Competition Winners
Top winners of the 1981 Masonry Design Competition sponsored by the Masonry Institute of Michigan for architecture students at Lawrence Institute of Technology were David Mielock (2nd from left) and Pascal Viel (2nd from right). Mielock, 25, won the first place senior class award of $300 with his design of a proposed senior citizens housing project. Viel, 22, earned first prize in the junior class, also $300, for his design of a proposed YMCA building. The winners are shown with Kark Greimel (left), dean of the School of Architecture, and Frank Soave, president of the Masonry Institute. In all, 10 students shared $1,300 in cash prizes in this competition, which is held every two years.
Pentagon Moves to End Retainage
An official statement of policy by the Department of Defense has declared that "retainage will no longer be a route administrative practice," a move affecting some $10 billion appropriated this year for military construction. The action, taken by Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Stone, the Pentagon's top construction policymaker, effectively puts into place a zero-retainage policy. "Retainage will not be routinely used throughout the term of contracts for construction projects which are on or ahead of schedule and otherwise substantially in compliance with contract requirements," Stone wrote in a memo to the Assistant Secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Exceptions to the policy will be permitted only when: -A contract is behind schedule or not in compliance with contract requirements. -Construction deficiencies are detected as a contract approaches completion and retainage is needed to ensure timely completion. -Past unsatisfactory performance by a certain contractor has been experienced.
Gas Prices High?
Gasoline does cost a lot more than it used to, but the American driver is still pretty well off. The average price of petrol in Latin America and Western Europe tops $2.50 per gallon, with Uruguay heading the list at $4.64. It's even more expensive in Russia, where the price was recently doubled to the equivalent of (in hours-worked-to-buy terms) $11 per gallon. That would probably be enough to drive even the most sober of Soviets to drink if only vodka weren't $72.50 a quart!
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