2018 Defense Drafting 
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 26, 2017
Development of the 2018 version of the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) is now underway. The 2018 version of the NGBS will be the fourth iteration of this national residential standard. Home Innovation Research Labs will again act as the secretariat, or administrator, of the NGBS development process.
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
Ignorance is not a defense. In a conversation I had with Barry Giles, a true green building pioneer, in 2018, he said, “to truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry.”. It is no longer acceptable to look the other way.
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Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 3, 2017
The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”
Construction Specifier
NOVEMBER 27, 2021
Chapter 23 of the 2018 International Building Code and NFPA 703, Standard for Fire-Retardant-Treated Wood and Fire- Retardant Coatings for Building Materials contain detailed lists of requirements for FRTW that may not be clearly or easily understood by those who are unfamiliar with FRTW. IBC 2018 Ed. NFPA 5000 2018 Ed.
BD+C
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Collectively, this information was used to put all parties, brokers, and insurers on notice; evaluate design and construction defects; determine applicable law and forums for resolution; and carefully draft our pleadings. Walter P Moore and Munsch Hardt reviewed the subcontractors’ contracts to determine their scope of work.
Constructlaw
JULY 13, 2021
While thoughtful arbitration clause drafting should generally enable parties to avoid confusion over which set of the ICDR/AAA rules should apply, the ICDR’s clarification of the term ‘international’ refines what parties should expect. e) (1 Nov 2018). 4 2021 ICDR Rules, pp 5–6. 5 2021 ICDR Rules, p 17 (Arts 1, 3) (emphasis added).
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 7, 2018
2018 will be a watershed year in the course of green building standards, codes and rating systems. In 2018 there will be new versions of LEED, ASHARE 189.1, What appears to be on the horizon in 2018 is the democratization of green building, in the U.S. Among the positive 2018 updates: LEED v4.1 and abroad. When the U.S.
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