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Tenant’s New Defense to Hazardous Substance Liability

Green Building Law Update

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. The Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 included in Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). 9601 et seq.,

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Construction Cost Estimating – Single Source of Truth

Job Order Contracting

References: GAO-19-57 – FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT Agencies Could Benefit from Additional Information on Leading Practices. GAO-22-104481 – DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE DOD Should Better Manage Risks Posed by Deferred Facility Maintenance. It’s beyond time for improved leadership, competence, and accountability.

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STOP using ACFs – The inherent flaws of Area Cost Factors

Job Order Contracting

As a result, more than 40 years after the introduction of area cost factors (ACFs), the Department of Defense (and the Federal Government in general) is no closer to its goals of having construction cost estimates match actual construction costs, or properly adjusting for regional (location based) and/or time-based cost variances.

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The Defamation Case Against Greenpeace

Green Building Law Update

In defense of the defamation claim, Greenpeace also pleaded that Greenpeace had a “social and moral duty to investigate the forest practices of Resolute Forest Products, and to prepare and publish the [allegedly defamatory] Publications.”. None of these allegations related to the Canadian boreal forest.

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Area Cost Factors – Not a viable for Federal Construction Cost Estimating?

Job Order Contracting

References. 2018, Action Needed to Increase the Reliability of Construction Cost Estimates, Defense Infrastructure, GAO-18-101 The Chapter 5 paper presents a statistical analysis on the performance of twelve existing. References. – GAO. 1985, Cost overruns in public projects. 1985, Cost overruns in public projects.

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Phase l Assessments for Tenants are the Hottest Environmental Issue in 2020

Green Building Law Update

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. Buried in the more than 800 page Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 was Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act).

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I Just Read my 1000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this Year

Green Building Law Update

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., provides an important liability protection, including from cleanup costs, for parties who qualify as bona fide prospective purchasers (BFPPs).

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