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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. Task Group, after more than a year of work, has balloted a draft revised standard and results are expected as early as next week. 9601) and petroleum products.” The ASTM E50.02

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Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted

Green Building Law Update

In a recent review of contracts involving green building construction projects, less than 20% had properly drafted provisions addressing green building matters. More than 60% of that subset was in jurisdictions with a mandatory green building law creating liability for the architect among others.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Home » Blogs. Beane didn’t achieve success by drafting players based on his emotional judgments or media-based hype. I enjoy your blog and believe that there is something to be learned from applying lessons learned from the movie to the construction business. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Home » Blogs. Points to Ponder: I am writing this blog entry from a Delta 757 enroute from Atlanta to West Palm Beach for a meeting in the morning. In that relatively short time frame I am able to draft an email from 30,000 feet and send it into the ether to any number of project team members. David Brown Blog.

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

Green Building Law Update

Those responses are not inconsistent with and, in fact, should be considered concomitantly with the conclusion, having worked on LEED projects since 2001, that the second best way to mitigate risk and avoid liability in sustainable building is a green building consultant working for the owner.

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You Should Not Contract With Your Environmental Consultant

Green Building Law Update

What is described here is much more than simply good drafting of consultant contacts (e.g., What is described here is much more than simply good drafting of consultant contacts (e.g., so that investigation derived wastes, such as drill cuttings and bailed groundwater, are properly disposed of by the consultant).

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HRECs in a Phase l are Not Recognized Environmental Conditions

Green Building Law Update

By way of background, a Phase I environmental site assessment is the process of evaluating a property’s environmental conditions and assessing potential liability for contamination. I wrote a blog post in January about the huge expansion in the space, Phase I Assessments for Tenants are the Hottest Environmental Issue in 2020.

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