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Looking Ahead: Underwriting in 2016

Construction Business Owner

Slivka helped launch the company in 2005 and has since grown into an award-winning, specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance coverages and risk management services. Jeff Slivka recently took leadership of New Day Underwriting Managers as the company’s new president.

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Flummox: EPA Withdraws New Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Rule

Green Building Law Update

EPA has withdrawn the new ASTM E1527-13 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process” as satisfying the requirements for conducting all appropriate inquiries under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. the Superfund law).

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Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard Being Revised

Green Building Law Update

Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law. 9601) and petroleum products.” Importantly, the ASTM E1527 is recognized by the U.S. The ASTM E50.02

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Public Procurement of Construction Services

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Without out this, the vast majority of projects, approximately eighty percent or more (80%+) will continue to fail by being late, over budget, or viewed as not being satisfactorily completed by one or more parties. A Case Study of Children’s Hospital, Bellevue, WA.”, Lean Construction Journal Lee, H.W., Anderson, S., and Ballard, G. Matthews, O.,

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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In his commencement speech to Stanford University graduates in 2005, he references The Whole Earth Catalog from the mid-1970’s: On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Cloud Computing: The “Why” » Stay Hungry.

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Updated Phase l Environmental Site Assessment is Published But.

Green Building Law Update

Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law, something that is expected to happen by rulemaking at some point in 2022. Liability from old dry cleaners in retail sites that are beyond the boundaries of the “subject property” (.

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constructionattorneyblog: Liability for green design

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Copyright 2005-2012 Sabo & Zahn, all rights reserved. Sabo & Zahn LLC is an Illinois Limited Liability Company. Liability for green design. Gary Cole has written an interesting blog entry about designers' liability for green projects here:  [link]. Unlimited liability for designers and contractors.