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The Second Best Way to Mitigate Your Risk in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

The best way to mitigate risk in your green building project are properly drafted contract documents prepared by this law firm or by another attorney with green building experience. As I posted in this blog less than a year ago, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts are Properly Drafted. That may sound self serving, but it is true.

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ConsensusDOCS Releases New Teaming Agreement

Best Practices Construction Law

ConsensusDocs released the new ConsensusDocs 498 Design-Build Teaming Agreement today, which provides a standard contract for parties desiring to form a team for the purpose of submitting a bid on a design-build project. ” The contract is specifically drafted to address the unique considerations of a design-build teaming arrangement.

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10 key responsibilities of a construction project manager

Lets Build

Draft contracts. Draft contracts. All the work that needs to be done in the project should be written in a draft contract. I’m talking about the draft contracts with: The architects. Keeping all these parties covered with draft contracts is important for completing the whole puzzle called construction project.

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Arbitration including Religious Arbitration in Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

There is little question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. And while much of the recent discourse has been about contracts with consumers, alternative dispute resolution provisions, including those requiring arbitration are common in construction industry contracts.

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Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

It is surprising to many in the environmental industrial complex that there has been relatively little litigation arising out of green building. And there is no question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. LEED Certification Agreement has a mandatory arbitration provision.

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A Preliminary Review of the American Arbitration Association's New ClauseBuilder

Best Practices Construction Law

Yesterday, I received an email alert from the American Arbitration Association announcing ClauseBuilder , an on-line arbitration and mediation tool that assists individuals and organizations in drafting arbitration and mediation agreements. whether to use arbitration, mediation, or both. This morning, I took ClauseBuilder for a spin.

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Severin Doctrine: It's Another Name for "Pass-Through-Plus" Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

The Severin doctrine has been applied in the highway and transportation industry. A well drafted liquidation agreement will generally accomplish this purpose. A Transportation Example. For example, in Aetna Bridge v. Otherwise, the claim may be denied pursuant to the Severin doctrine. Image: Sangudo.

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