Prior positions include: Director of Procurement and Contracting for the city of Palm Springs, California and materials management related positions at New York University Medical Center.  Hal has served as national president of the Airport Purchasing Group, (APG) and  president of the California Chapter of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP). Add that to the fact that the number of public construction projects is also decreasing so bidders become tempted to bid on contracts whose scope of work is outside their normal core expertise and experience. MORE >>

► March (17) ITW, others respond to Japan disasters Oracle may bid for Lawson Software H.B. Fastenal’s July sales rise 19% Graybar expands Southern California facility Applied Industrial acquires UZ Engineered Products. skip to main | skip to sidebar Distribution Update Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Emerson sells motor business to Japanese firm Two Emerson Motor Company businesses included in sale Emerson has agreed to sell its Motors and Appliance Controls businesses to Nidec Corporation of Kyoto, Japan. The agreement reached with Nidec will provide a new U.S./North MORE >>

See original article at Protect Your Cash In The Improving Arizona Construction Market This morning, I posted about a Los Angeles Times article about an “rebound” in commercial building throughout Southern California. ” Again, just like in California, the commercial market in Arizona is experiencing a 6% increase in jobs. The more construction projects, the more bidding and work, which means companies used to scrapping by may accidentally over-extend themselves and experience cash flow challenges. Everyone likes to hear this kind of news. MORE >>

I managed to receive the “account disabled” email, twice, and still ended up being able to hob-nob with Google staff responsible for the program at and chow-down on Google-paid food in California after flying there first class — though Google didn’t pay for the upgrade.). Despite efforts to clamp down on abuse and fraud, advertisers just aren’t seeing the results they expect, and with seemingly unlimited inventory, the online auction bids are dropping to a level previously unseen.  Outside one of the Google headquarters building. MORE >>

Most likely, California has a similar statute. If you read the construction law blogosphere, you may have heard of a Statute of Repose. This legal device is a contractor’s best friend. It serves as a cut off for liability to customers. In law, we have two limitation periods. The first, a Statute of Limitation , is a period of time from the occurrence of an event, within which a plaintiff may raise a claim. The Statute of Repose is the second. period of repose is a limitation that cuts off recovery if a claim is not raised by a certain date. recent cout opinion, Shimada v. MORE >>