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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. With over a million contract documents licensed on an annual basis, the AIA’s form construction documents are likely the most widely used contract documents in the industry.

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Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

And there is no question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. With over a million contract documents licensed on an annual basis, the AIA’s form construction documents are the most widely used contract documents in the industry. Legal scholars can have at it.

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COP27 Recap: The State of Net Zero and Negotiations

Stok

STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS At the final hours of the conference, days after the negotiations were scheduled to end, the parties were able to agree upon a path forward on one key area of major contention between the rich and poor nations of the world: Loss and Damage. Also of note was an announcement that major U.S. COP27 was no exception.

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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

Responding to all document and other information requests by the OSHA inspector. Good documentation of what happened during the inspection is essential to refuting any citation issued. During the Opening Conference, or some time during the inspection, the inspector will ask to see certain records and documents.

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ConsensusDOCS Releases New Teaming Agreement

Best Practices Construction Law

One team member serves the role as team leader for the purposes of compiling and submitting the proposal, as well as for negotiation of the owner agreement, if awarded. Critical issues such as confidentiality, withdrawal from the team, and document ownership are included.

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Coordinating specifications with an owner’s Division 00

Construction Specifier

In other instances, mixing different items can have adverse results, and may need expert guidance (the author acknowledges the advice and comments on drafts of this article from Gerard Cavaluzzi, Esq., Consequences of improperly coordinated construction documents. vice-president and general counsel at Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc.,

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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

A substantial challenge faced by professionals preparing construction specifications for design-build projects is most master specifications were developed for traditional DBB or its ‘close relation,’ design-negotiate-build (DNB). Greater challenges arise when adapting DBB source documents for design-build.

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