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The New and Improved 2020 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard

Green Building Law Update

As of April 1, 2020, more than 216,000 residential dwellings have been certified to the NGBS through NGBS Green, the third-party certification program administered by Home Innovation Research Labs. First published in 2009, the NGBS provides a pathway by which builders and developers may seek third-party certification of new homes.

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#135:  Unconscionable Arbitration Agreements

NH Construction Law

Rafiei , 2024 WL 1470909 (April 5, 2024), recently rendered an opinion worth noting by all residential contractors, including in New Hampshire, who insert arbitration clauses with fee-splitting provisions in their contracts as a strategy for discouraging claims. ’” Awuah v. Coverall North America, Inc. , 3d 7, 12 (1st Cir.

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Baltimore City is Adopting the IgCC

Green Building Law Update

Today the building code mandates that all newly constructed, extensively modified non-residential, and specific multi-family residential buildings, that have or will have at least 10,000 square feet of gross floor area, must be LEED Silver certified or comply with the Baltimore City Green Building Standard. A change had to be made.

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Revit Beginners: Revit 2009 Rendering

Revit Beginners

Revit 2009 Rendering. Here is me doodling with Revits new rendering engine in 2009. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Marathon Drafting. ► 2009. (14). Revit 2009 Rendering. Friday, June 27, 2008. I had to scale the roof tiles to 16 and the grass to 6". The plants are out of the box.

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Revit Beginners: Revit's Drafting Machine

Revit Beginners

Revits Drafting Machine. For those of you who remember using drafting machines mounted to a drafting table youll find a similar tool in Revit. Now any lines or walls that you draft will snap to the gridlines of your workplane. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Marathon Drafting. Subscribe To.

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

Green Building Law Update

Which at first blush might appear to not necessarily a bad thing, given that the IgCC, first published in 2009, has only been adopted, in whole, but mostly in part, in maybe 17 jurisdictions, out of the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the U.S., so there was room for wider adoption of a 2018 IgCC.

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2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive

Green Building Law Update

Which is not necessarily a bad thing, given that the IgCC, first published in 2009, has only been adopted, in whole, but mostly in part, in maybe 17 jurisdictions, out of the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the U.S. for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.

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