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that they can be accounted for at the bid stage. In the words
of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., “The right to swing my fist Charlie Carter is vice president and chief structural engineer at AISC. Keith Landwehr, Brad
Davis and Larry Muir are consultants to AISC.
ends where the other man’s nose begins.” You can impose
virtually any requirement you wish as long as it does not
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