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"CONSTRUCTION LAW AND BUSINESS" FROM ASPEN LAW & BUSINESS.


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Aspen, city, United States
Aspen (ăs`pən), city (1990 pop. 5,049), alt. 7,850 ft (2,390 m), seat of Pitkin co., S central Colo.
 Law & Business (New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
) has begun the publication of Construction Law and Business, a new quarterly journal for business executives and legal counsel in the construction industry. An annual subscription costs $185.

The publication is being targeted to construction attorneys, general contractors A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. , specialized and environmental contractors, subcontractors, architects and engineers, owners/developers and related financial and insurance professionals. Aspen said the goal of the journal is to offer the "essential legal analysis and business tools needed to help construction industry participants reduce claims and manage risk, improve business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets  and resolve disputes.

Each issue will include four to six feature articles on such topics as avoiding construction claims, project financing Project financing

A form of asset-based financing in which a firm finances a discrete set of assets on a stand-alone basis.
, design and construction schedules, construction insurance, arbitration in complex cases and obtaining payments of projects. Aspen said the journal will cover legal and statutory developments and "best business practices" in the areas of design, claims, insurance, real estate and development, environmental issues and labor issues. It will also carry information on new legal opinions and statutes, contracts and contract provisions, and related Web sites.
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