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Embassy Construction Law
What laws should apply to the construction of embassy premises? In Washington, two sets of laws may apply, to uphold high standards of worker safety, to secure building approvals from neighborhood commissions and authorities or to have equipment at the facility be compatible with standards established by the home foreign office.
Experienced embassy advisors at the Department of State and in law firms assist the diplomatic administrators, such as the chancellors, meet all requirements and ensure progress through a successful construction project.
On June 9, 2007, David Phinney reports in Blood, Sweat and Tears at New US Embassy of a construction project that failed various standards, beginning with deceptive hiring of construction workers from various nations to ignored and unenforced safety standards, all involving embassy construction in Baghdad. Many lessons to be learned from that experience. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.
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