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MDC Systems Engineer Wins Presidential Grant for Best Green Business Idea, Washington, DC

MDC Systems Engineer Wins Presidential Grant for Best Green Business Idea, Washington, DC

Washington — To Amal Kabalan and her fellow entrepreneurs, the plight of schoolchildren in Guinea presents a fairly basic need that inspired a simple but creative business response. Guineans don’t have much access to energy for light. Kids wear backpacks. Why not attach a solar-powered device to the backpacks, collect energy on the walk to school, and then use the stored energy to power lamps so the children could study at night?

The idea earned the 27-year-old Lebanon native $3,000 in seed money to start the venture with her new business partners — people she had met just days before and who had been selected by Athgo International, a nonprofit organization that sponsored the competition in partnership with the World Bank Speakers Bureau.

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Litigation Strategies In Construction Disputes: Being Cost Effective and Winning

Litigation Strategies In Construction Disputes: Being Cost Effective and Winning

John E. Osborn and Eric L. Guhring

Originally printed in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, October 1999

Why Excellent Inhouse Counsel Facilities Cost Effectiveness And Winning

Cost effectiveness and success in the resolution of construction disputes is determined by a recipe. The recipe is different for each dispute because the characteristics and ingredients of each construction project and the participants and their quality vary widely. It is clear that the quality of inhouse counsel significantly affects the cost and success of the dispute resolution.

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Common Documentation Problems

Common Documentation Problems

James M. McKay, AIA, P.E.
Former MDC Systems® Project Manager

Construction is, to a great extent, a paper business. In addition to a completed building project, an end result of the construction process is reams of documents. From initial project concept through completion, an extensive paper trail is generated.

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