Construction Business Owner

APRIL 26, 2018

Have you ever spent hours drafting a contract, only to discover that there is already a standard contract that would have worked well, or at least given you a good starting point? While there are several documents that contractors use regularly, there are also other lesser-known legal documents that owners may find useful.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 6, 2016

The post Construction Classification Criticality – A Draft White Paper appeared first on 4BT. Classification Criticality – Architecture, Engineering, Construction, & Life-cycle Facility Management.

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Drafting Life Cycle Modeling Construction 100

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The International Code Council released a draft of its 2024 International Energy Conservation Code for commercial buildings Sept. 6, with public comment through Oct.

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Drafting Commercial 69

Green Building Law Update

JULY 25, 2021

Task Group, after more than a year of work, has balloted a draft revised standard and results are expected as early as next week. The ASTM E50.02 This assessment has revealed no recognized environmental conditions, controlled recognized environmental conditions, or significant data gaps in connection with the subject property”.

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Construction Law

JULY 1, 2024

Jamie Bell of Watson Farley & Williams LLP examines some current trends in the drafting of construction contracts against a background of changing regulations and rising insolvencies. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 2, 2018

Annoyed, you draft a denial. Finally, your major construction project is complete. Unfortuately, a week after completion, you receive a claim letter from the other side. They file suit. You now face years of litigation in which you will recount, in painstaking detail, every single contested aspect of the project.

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Construction Dive

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The Atlanta Regional Commission's draft plan includes $102 billion for the maintenance of existing infrastructure including road resurfacing, bridge repair and transit upgrades.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

It is beyond dispute that the best way to mitigate risk in a sustainable project is a properly drafted contract. And while this law firm makes a business of drafting and revising contact documents, there are very good contracts available in the marketplace. It is now the time to revise your contracts for sustainable projects.

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Green Contract AIA Drafting 159

Construction Business Owner

APRIL 11, 2016

Others look more like a complicated offensive play, drafted on a chalkboard by some diabolical coach. Some have a beautiful, linear fluidity, as if prepared by a genealogist. Organizational charts are one of the most mismanaged items in construction firms. How can a piece of paper create so much controversy?

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Responding to consultant email and draft report of Phase II environmental site assessment. Reviewing and approving quotes in draft third party journal article on defects in green building contracts. Drafting form contract for LEED consultant to use in responding to RFPs. Lunch with prospective client]. 01:30 p.m.

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Green Drafting Contract Sustainability 149

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

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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Green Risk Drafting Sustainability 153

ENR Construction

APRIL 25, 2024

State officials begin moving ahead with rebuild plans.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 13, 2017

What is described here is much more than simply good drafting of consultant contacts (e.g., Third, environmental services contracts with an attorney almost always also include a broad confidentiality provision encompassing the contract itself, the scope of services, any test result, all reports (that should be only in draft form), and more.

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Consulting Contract Drafting Legal 153

Business Facilities

JULY 2, 2020

With its second major expansion of Stuarts Draft manufacturing operation since 2019, the chocolate company will create 110 new jobs in Augusta County, VA. Read: The Hershey Company Investing $135M In Virginia at BusinessFacilities.com.

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ENR Construction

JULY 19, 2021

Comments are due Sept. 14 on estimated $2B project to replace the Syracuse viaduct, which aims to resolve dislocation impacts to the city's Black community when the highway was built in 1968.

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FDR Safety

APRIL 28, 2021

In a press release on Tuesday April 27th, the Department of Labor said of the proposed standard’s advancement, “Today, OSHA sent draft standards to the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review,” the department spokeswoman said in an emailed statement.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 11, 2016

Others look more like a complicated offensive play, drafted on a chalkboard by some diabolical coach. Some have a beautiful, linear fluidity, as if prepared by a genealogist. Organizational charts are one of the most mismanaged items in construction firms. How can a piece of paper create so much controversy?

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Management Drafting Organization Construction 120

Lets Build

JULY 15, 2022

Construction professionals worldwide have used AutoCAD construction design software since the ‘80s for 2D and 3D drafting. Many in the industry consider AutoCAD to be the best construction drafting software to create blueprints for everything from residential homes to large-scale commercial projects.

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Software Software Design AutoCAD 148

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Here is a draft memo from OMB regarding FEDRAMP revisions, that: [link]. It is now understood that requiring FEDRAMP certification in not in the best interests of federal government agencies and departments for many, if not most applications. Please review the following which clearly support this fact.

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ENR Construction

JULY 28, 2022

Plan to build a tunnel to draw water from the Sacramento River into the state's supply network moves forward.

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Drafting Sacramento California Drawings 69

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

It is beyond dispute that the best way to mitigate risk in a sustainable project is a properly drafted contract. And while this law firm makes a business of drafting and revising contact documents, there are very good contracts available in the marketplace. It is now the time to revise your contracts for sustainable projects.

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Green Contract AIA Drafting 120

ENR Construction

JULY 28, 2022

Controversial plan moves forward to build a 45-mile-long tunnel to draw water from the Sacramento River into the state's supply network.

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Drafting Sacramento Drawings Plans 68

Lets Build

APRIL 1, 2020

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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Project Management Management Construction Drafting 173

ENR Construction

JANUARY 30, 2024

The tentative plan is scaled to be adaptable for future sea level rise.

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San Francisco Drafting Plans 69

Construction Dive

MAY 23, 2018

The final draft acknowledges that there is not enough money to complete the high-speed train's initial San Francisco Bay-area route.

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San Francisco Drafting California Plans 96

Green Building Law Update

MAY 7, 2017

The new Sustainable Projects Exhibit is a potential game changer that could revitalize the now sluggish if not moribund domestic green building industrial complex, that suffers from the lack of regular involvement of the legal profession, and as I recently wrote the resultant, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted.

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Documentation AIA Sustainability Contract 168

BD+C

MAY 4, 2021

billion over the next 40 years to keep the City of Miami dry from rising seas , according to a draft of the city’s newly released stormwater master plan. It will cost at least $3.8

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ENR Construction

JANUARY 15, 2024

With deadlines approaching, the draft bill would avert a federal government shutdown.

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ENR Construction

MAY 15, 2023

The proposed standard would include minimum requirements aimed at reducing the spread of airborne viruses, such as COVID-19.

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Drafting 69

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Evidence of opposition to their position by consultant ERM North America cited, chiefs want stricter court-ordered environmental review restarted for Dakota Access water crossing; Corps and firm spokespersons have not responded to ENR.

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Consulting Drafting America 69

Viewpoint Construction Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Level 0 : Level 0 entails basically no collaboration, and only 2D CAD drafting is used. Level 1 : Level 1 BIM is a combination of 3D CAD and 2D for drafting. BIM levels are a universal understanding of what criteria are required to be BIM-compliant. Communication is done via paper and basic prints.

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Construction Marketing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Reports of water leaks or drafts from residents. Such imperfections can compromise the building’s structural integrity and allow for external elements to penetrate. Unexplained spikes in energy bills, hinting at insulation issues. Inefficient cladding can lead to heat loss, driving up heating costs.

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BD+C

APRIL 12, 2019

recently released a draft of a comprehensive sustainability plan. Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the U.S., The plan addresses carbon emission reduction, air quality, transportation, equitable and sustainable land use, and resilience.

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Los Angeles Transportation Sustainability Plans 92

ENR Construction

MAY 17, 2023

Federal Railroad Administration issues a supplemental draft environmental review for planned modernization of the 115-year-old facility.

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ENR Construction

APRIL 9, 2024

Corps says "a national approach is needed" regarding levee safety.

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Drafting Safety Guidelines 48

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The draft report originally planned for a May 2025 release is now expected to be released roughly a year later, in spring 2026.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 26, 2019

GSA is now undertaking the next 5 year review and last week released a draft report of its recommendations. The last review, in 2012, shook the green building industrial complex to its foundations, when it not only recommended LEED (that had previously been the sole option), but also recommended Green Globes. GSA researched the U.S.

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