Housing Market – 2022

  • Posted by Heather Davis
  • On July 11, 2022
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Housing Market – July 2022 If you’ve been paying any amount of attention to the real estate market, you may have noticed that mortgage rates have been steadily increasing throughout most of 2022. In fact, the average interest rate for a 30-year mortgage is over 5% as of early June.  When the Federal Reserve first lowered national […]
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2022 Legislative Recap

  • Posted by Heather Davis
  • On April 25, 2022
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Attached you will find a list of bills that passed during the 2022 Alabama Legislation Session. This is not an all inclusive list of bills that passed. If you would like any additional information about any of these bills or some that are not listed here please let me know. 2022 Legislative RecapThank you, Heather
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True Prison Reform

  • Posted by Heather Davis
  • On January 27, 2022
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True Prison Reform by Heather Coleman Davis – download
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Summary fo Draft Prison Construction Legislation Sept 8, 2021

  • Posted by Heather Davis
  • On September 8, 2021
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Prison Construction in Alabama 2021Alabamians expect Elected Officials to protect their tax dollars and provide transparency in decisions – especially something as expensive as prisons.Gov Ivey has delivered her draft prison construction bill to legislators for review. o   Phase I –  Design Build 2 male facilities (circumvent the competitive bid law on construction and bonds) o   Phase II – […]
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What is Design-Build

  • Posted by Heather Davis
  • On September 6, 2021
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Just the Facts Just the Facts What is Design-Build ? Design-Build Project Delivery The Owner manages only one contract with a single point of responsibility. The designer and contractor work together from the beginning, as a team, providing project recommendations to fit the Owner’s schedule and budget. What is the design-build method? Design-Build is a method […]
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Prison Construction in Alabama

  • Posted by Heather Davis
  • On September 6, 2021
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Follow the Competitive Bid Law: Design-Bid-Build Prison Construction Alabama plans to build and renovate prisons That’s great news… now, let’s bid the job and get it done! ……………………… History shows that the traditional Design-Bid-Build method provides the owner (The State) the best product at the best price the market can bear while meeting deadline requirements.  The current […]
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Please Explain Competitive Bidding

  • Posted by Heather Davis
  • On September 6, 2021
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This is a simple overview of the competitive bid process. JUST THE FACTS What is competitive bidding The Specifics on the Competitive Bid Process ___________________ What is the purpose of competitive bidding? Competitive bidding is a process of issuing a public bid with the intent that companies will put together their best proposal and compete for […]
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Design-Build is not Cheeper or Faster

  • Posted by Heather Davis
  • On September 5, 2021
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THE ADOC example of how quick and inexpensive Design-Build is turned into a complete disaster for Montgomery Co, PA. In 2012 the DOC provided  a comparative baseline example of their design-build prison construction plan. It was a complete failure. This Design-Build project was at least $30,000,000 over budget and 2.5 years late. This should not […]
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Who will protect the largest employers in Green County?

  • Posted by Heather Davis
  • On March 9, 2021
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The Alabama House of Representatives has found that HB103 is important enough to pass to protect Alabama businesses. Republicans across the country are incensed that Governors have selected a few businesses to stay open and force-close the others. But very few seem equally incensed that Alabama lawmakers are planning to permanently close businesses in Greene […]
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