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2015 IgCC Has Been Approved

Green Building Law Update

On November 14, the International Code Council announced that the 2015 version of the International Green Construction Code had been approved. Those approved changes from the 2014 code change cycle will be published as the 2015 IgCC. 2014 as an alternate compliance path.

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Project Labor Agreement Follow-Up

Construction Dive

4, Issue 3, January 23, 2015) we asked our readers if Project Labor Agreements (PLA) restrict competition. Last week (Vol. A recent Maryland appellate court upheld use of a PLA on a public project, citing the fact it was not proved that a PLA unduly suppresses competition.

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Mr. Ethics - November 2015

Mr Ethics

The general contractor wants that provision stricken from the project agreements because they believe that we should not be ruling on our own potential errors or omissions. They argue its patently unethical. I think their request is insulting. We can render unbiased decisions.

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Mr. Ethics - November 2015

Mr Ethics

The general contractor wants that provision stricken from the project agreements because they believe that we should not be ruling on our own potential errors or omissions. They argue its patently unethical. I think their request is insulting. We can render unbiased decisions.

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Mr. Ethics - November 2015

Mr Ethics

The general contractor wants that provision stricken from the project agreements because they believe that we should not be ruling on our own potential errors or omissions. They argue its patently unethical. I think their request is insulting. We can render unbiased decisions.

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Buying a LEED Certified Building Is Easy But.

Green Building Law Update

That being the case, then why has the GBCI Change Of Owner Agreement been uploaded into LEED Online only 700 times since February 2015? So, GBCI even provides a form, making affecting the change in their system easy, but the Change of Owner Agreement form is little used.

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After Paris: What’s at stake for the building industry

BD+C

from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement , many in the building industry have optimistically pointed to unstoppable market forces pushing the sector towards a post-carbon future. In the wake of President Trump’s unilateral decision to withdraw the U.S.