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Now is the Time to Revise your Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

Moreover, owners will only be able to register projects under the LEED 2009 rating system until October 31, 2016 and thereafter all projects must register under LEED v4. It is beyond dispute that the best way to mitigate risk in a sustainable project is a properly drafted contract. With the U.S. as well as to a host of green codes.

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Now is the Time to Revise your Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

Moreover, owners will only be able to register projects under the LEED 2009 rating system until October 31, 2016 and thereafter all projects must register under LEED v4. It is beyond dispute that the best way to mitigate risk in a sustainable project is a properly drafted contract. With the U.S. as well as to a host of green codes.

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LEED Creates Business Opportunities Beyond The Environmental Industrial Complex

Green Building Law Update

It is now common that snow removal businesses market their services to building owners by offering a draft hardscape plan and then services that are LEED ready. A great example is snow removal.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Beane didn’t achieve success by drafting players based on his emotional judgments or media-based hype. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009. August 2009. April 2009. March 2009. February 2009. January 2009. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010.

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You Need a Green Building Consultant (Who Speaks for the Trees)

Green Building Law Update

Okay, the single best way to mitigate risk in a green building project are properly drafted contract documents.). In fact, 99% on LEED 2009 New Construction certified projects (6,881 of 6,939 projects) earned this credit. Again, enter green building consultants who have expertise in specifying materials.

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The New and Improved 2020 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard

Green Building Law Update

Moreover, the NGBS is a uniquely drafted “standard” in that it can be used by any builder for their individual project as a rating system (including obtaining third party certification), or may be adopted by a local government as a residential green building code. The 2020 NGBS was ANSI approved earlier this year.

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Relationship between the designer and the contractor

Construction Business Owner

Many of the contractors immediately shot down the concept with the age old line of questioning that pertains to the architects’ inability to draft an affordably reproduced plan and a perceived desire to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright on a modest budget. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009.