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The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) is a state agency of Texas. TDLR is responsible for licensing and regulating a broad range of occupations, businesses, facilities, and equipment in Texas. [1] TDLR has its headquarters in the Ernest O. Thompson State Office Building in Downtown Austin. [2] [3]
Its mission was to promote quality construction for Texans by registering industry members and residential construction projects; providing information and educating homeowners and the residential construction industry; acting as a resource for complainants; and offering a neutral, technical review of alleged post-construction defects.
The owner, often referred to as the 'employer' or the 'client', [1] has full authority to decide what type of contract should be used for a specific development to be constructed and to set out the legally-binding terms and conditions in a contractual agreement. [2] A construction contract is an important document as it outlines the scope of ...
The NEC contracts now form a suite of contracts, with NEC being the brand name for the "family" of contracts. [16] When it was first launched in 1993, it was simply the "New Engineering Contract". This specific contract has been renamed the "Engineering and Construction Contract" which is the main contract used for any construction based project.
An audit is conducted based on the services that are performed by the contractor and the risk associated with that service. For contractors involved in a higher risk trade (e.g. electricians, [ 3 ] lockout-tagout [ 4 ] and confined space workers [ 5 ] ) the audit is an essential part of reviewing the contractor's safety program.
Time and materials (T&M) is a standard phrase in a contract for construction, product development, or any other piece of work in which the employer agrees to pay the contractor based upon the time spent by the contractor's employees and the subcontractors' employees to perform the work, and for materials used in the construction, plus the contractor's markup on the materials used, no matter ...
Byrne Construction Services (Thos. S. Byrne, Inc.) is a Fort Worth, Texas based construction company providing construction manager and general contractor services. In addition to its Fort Worth headquarters, Byrne has a full-service office in San Antonio. [citation needed]
Build–operate–transfer (BOT) or build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT) is a form of project delivery method, usually for large-scale infrastructure projects, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the public sector (or the private sector on rare occasions) to finance, design, construct, own, and operate a facility stated in the concession contract.