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EPA Releases Draft National Recycling Strategy

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft National Recycling Strategy and is seeking public comment through December 4, 2020, with the goal of finalizing it in early 2021. This draft identifies strategic objectives and actions needed to create a stronger, more resilient U.S. solid waste recycling system.

Drafting

Drafting Resource Baltimore Materials

Auto Draft

FDR Safety

MAY 13, 2024

615-370-1730 The post Auto Draft first appeared on FDRsafety. The post Auto Draft appeared first on FDRsafety. Documenting feasibility can demonstrate that an employer met the standard of care called for in the OSH Act and OSHA regulations.

Drafting

Drafting Feasibility OSHA Risk

Draft Your Org Chart for Growth & Profit

Construction Business Owner

MAY 6, 2024

Draft Your Org Chart for Growth & Profit ccapoccia Mon, 05/06/2024 - 13:20 Many contractors want to grow their companies to the next level but can’t and therefore don’t. They usually get stuck at a certain size and stop growing for multiple reasons.

Drafting

Drafting Profitability Contractors

Artificial Intelligence in Surveying

The Constructor

MAY 30, 2021

AI is gradually proving its ability to streamline the drafting, surveying, and data capture processes in surveying practices. As per a recent report.

Drafting

Drafting Construction

Drafting Effective Cost Estimates

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 19, 2013

Naturally, cost is one of the primary measures of a project’s success. From the outset, project and construction cost estimating is critical to ensure that the anticipated project and construction costs meet budget expectations. Cost management throughout the design phase helps to avoid cost overruns and maximize potential returns on investment.

Estimating

Estimating Drafting Budgeting Budget

FIDIC Suite of Contracts

The Constructor

APRIL 16, 2022

The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC, French: Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseil) drafts and publishes the FIDIC.

Contract

Contract Drafting Consulting Engineering

Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In a recent review of contracts involving green building construction projects, less than 20% had properly drafted provisions addressing green building matters. Surprisingly, less than 20% had properly drafted provisions addressing the disputed green building matter that was the issue resulting in a party to the contract seeking legal advice.

Drafting

Drafting Green Contract Documentation

5 Legal Documents All Construction Business Owners Should Use

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.

Legal

Legal Documentation Drafting Agreement

Construction Classification Criticality – A Draft White Paper

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.

Drafting

Drafting Life Cycle Modeling Construction

ICC Releases Draft of 2024 Energy Conservation Code

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.

Drafting

Drafting Commercial

Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard Being Revised

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”.

Site

Site Drafting United States Regulation

Current drafting trends in construction law

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.

Drafting

Drafting Regulation Construction Contract

Reduce Litigation Risk to Major Construction Projects

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.

Risk

Risk Drafting Claims Construction

Atlanta metro commission floats $173B transportation plan

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.

Atlanta

Atlanta Commissioning Plans Metro

Now is the Time to Revise your Green Building Contracts

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.

Green

Green Contract AIA Drafting

Why You Should Rethink Your Organizational Chart

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?

Drafting

Drafting Organization Construction

A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

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.

Green

Green Drafting Contract Sustainability

The Second Best Way to Mitigate Your Risk in Green Building

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.

Green

Green Risk Drafting Sustainability

Temporary Deep-Draft Channel Opens at Key Bridge Wreckage Site

ENR Construction

APRIL 25, 2024

State officials begin moving ahead with rebuild plans.

Drafting

Drafting Site Plans

You Should Not Contract With Your Environmental Consultant

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.

Consulting

Consulting Contract Drafting Legal

FEDRAMP is Hindering Facilities Management in the Federal Sector

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.

Management

Management Certification Security Drafting

The Hershey Company Investing $135M In Virginia

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.

Virginia

Virginia Drafting News

New York DOT Releases New Draft Study on I-81 Replacement

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.

Drafting

Drafting New York DOT Estimating

OSHA’s Emergency COVID Safety Standard Now Under White House Review

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.

Safety

Safety Housing OSHA Drafting

Managing Between the Lines

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?

Management

Management Drafting Organization Construction

What to Look for in Construction Design Software

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.

Software

Software Software Design AutoCAD

Draft Environmental Report Details Controversial California Water Diversion Project

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.

Drafting

Drafting Sacramento California Drawings

Now is the Time to Revise your Green Building Contracts

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.

Green

Green Contract AIA Drafting

Draft Impact Report Details Massive Calif. Water Diversion Project

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.

Drafting

Drafting Sacramento Drawings Plans

10 key responsibilities of a construction project manager

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.

Project Management

Project Management Management Construction Drafting

New Sustainable Projects Exhibit in 2017 AIA Contract Documents

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.

AIA

AIA Documentation Sustainability Contract

California approves rail plan that includes $77B bullet train

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.

San Francisco

San Francisco Drafting California Plans

Cost to keep Miami dry over next few decades is $4 billion

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

Miami

Miami Drafting Budget Budgeting

Austin, Texas, light rail project advances amid political uncertainty

Construction Dive

MARCH 11, 2025

The $7 billion light rail project unveiled its draft environmental impact statement in January. The project could face federal funding challenges and state opposition.

Austin

Austin Drafting Texas

ASHRAE Seeks Comments by May 26 on Draft of Pathogen Mitigation Standard

ENR Construction

MAY 15, 2023

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

Drafting

Tribes Want Corps Consultant Drafting Dakota Access Pipeline EIS Fired As Biased

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.

Consulting

Consulting Drafting America

$13.6B Draft Plan Seeks to Preserve San Francisco Waterfront From Coastal Flooding

ENR Construction

JANUARY 30, 2024

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

San Francisco

San Francisco Drafting Plans

Essential BIM Terminology

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.

BIM

BIM Life Cycle Viewpoint Modeling

Recladding Multi-Family Buildings: Why And When?

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.

Safety

Safety Materials Drafting Defense

JOC Procedures

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Contract Administrator issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) to JOC contractor (alternately process can require contractor to submit a draft detailed SOW for owner review prior to issuance of RFP). Request for Proposal. Proposal form contractor is due within established timeline.

Change Orders

Change Orders Documentation Drawings Contractors

L.A. County’s first sustainability plan tackles carbon, air quality, transportation, resilience

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.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Transportation Sustainability Plans