Green Building Law Update

MAY 14, 2017

Last week the ICC and ASHRAE issued joint news releases on the status of the “unified green building code that could become the foundation for LEED certification” that will be published as the 2018 version of the International Green Construction Code. will become the 2018 version of the IgCC, due to be published in summer 2018.Significantly,

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BD+C

MARCH 20, 2018

A report by the New Buildings Institute highlights where LEED certification aids in the goal of achieving net zero energy. Getting to Zero Status Update and List of Zero Energy (“ZE”) Projects for 2018” is a digest of almost 500 certified, verified and emerging zero energy projects in the U.S. and Canada.

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Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Winners of the 2018 CMA STAR Awards and CONSTRUCTION MARKETER OF THE YEAR Awards are announced by program sponsor, the Construction Marketing Association (CMA). 2018 STAR Award winners are notified by email and mail, and receive a frame-quality certificate. Following are 2018 STAR Award Winners by category: .

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 7, 2018

2018 will be a watershed year in the course of green building standards, codes and rating systems. In 2018 there will be new versions of LEED, ASHARE 189.1, What appears to be on the horizon in 2018 is the democratization of green building, in the U.S. Among the positive 2018 updates: LEED v4.1 and abroad. When the U.S.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

OSHA has published a new Final Rule in the November 9 edition of the Federal Register - Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Operator Certification Extension - giving one more year for crane operators to become certified and employers to ensure their operators are competent.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to extend the employer's responsibility to ensure crane operator competency and enforcement for crane operator certification to Nov. 10, 2018.

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GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 21, 2018

ACI certification builds concrete wisdom. Wed, 03/21/2018 - 10:38. March 21, 2018. Why, then, is ACI certification so important in such a controlled—the lab is kept at an ideal 70°F—environment? Phillip.fry@gc…. GCP Applied Technologies.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 9, 2020

Montgomery County, Maryland is on the cusp of being the first to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. But in what is being described as a requiem to LEED in America, the 2018 IgCC will now be required, but LEED will no longer satisfy the local legal green building mandate in Montgomery County.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 10, 2018

Building owners that utilize ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager will see a dramatic change in the 1 to 100 ENERGY STAR scores after August 26, 2018. The release date for all updated scores is August 26, 2018. So, apply now for ENERGY STAR certification, especially if your building score is close to 75! You have 75 days to act.

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Stok

DECEMBER 18, 2018

After a year like 2018, all we can really say is thank you. Here’s a shout-out to just some of the work we completed together in 2018. Let’s celebrate some of our clients that really took their commitment to high performance buildings to a new level in 2018! Certification: LEED CS v2009 Platinum.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 2, 2020

Similar to LEED certification for buildings, emerging sustainability initiatives for roads are slowly picking up speed across the nation although there is no current widely accepted standard or practice for rating green roads. The points translate to one of four certification levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Evergreen.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 2, 2018

Here are five trends that project managers should be watching out for in 2018. Certification has always had its place, and I’m happy to go on record saying I think there is a bewildering choice of certifications for project managers. You don’t need a certificate to do that. But let’s look forward.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Green Building Council issued a LEED Interpretation in 2018 ruling, “smoking of cannabis is considered a form of smoking for the purposes of both the interior and exterior smoking provisions of the LEED Prerequisite Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control.”. In accordance with the GBCI Certification Agreement because “.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 27, 2021

appeals court June 22 reversal of an operating natural gas line's 2018 certification is a focus as the agency considers changes in how it decides need for interstate pipelines.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 12, 2018

We have seen a new silica rule that affects construction sites in the past year, though, and now we’re looking at a proposed crane operator certification rule , scheduled to go into effect this November. OSHA has proposed a new crane operator certification rule. OSHA’s Crane Operator Proposal.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Area Office notified a Sanford representative of the protest and requested that, within three business days, the company provide certain financial information for the five previously completed fiscal years preceding Sanford’s self-certification for the subject procurement.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 8, 2019

In response to legislation enacted by the Maryland General Assembly in 2018, overriding a veto by the Governor, commencing last week new public school building no longer has to be LEED certified or the like. of this article without requiring an independent certification that the buildings have achieved the required standards.”.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 4, 2020

This new property tax credit should be viewed against that backdrop, but moreover that the County is on the cusp of being the first to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code , as a mandatory code (including that LEED will no longer satisfy the County’s green building mandate).

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 14, 2018

JLL continued ECD’s strategy of promoting Green Globes in Canada as a building sustainability assessment and certification system. As of January 2, 2018, 1,594 buildings in the U.S. In 2018 forward thinking real estate professionals will consider Green Globes favorably as they consider the cacophony of high performance building.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 9, 2019

In response to an act of the Maryland legislature in 2018, the state is proposing a watershed revamp of its current mandatory green building requirements for new public school buildings. without requiring an independent certification that the buildings have achieved the required standards.”.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 11, 2023

This new standard will codify existing requirements for the design, construction, inspection, and certification of tiny houses into a single standard while also helping to address identified gaps in available requirements,” said Colker. This appendix was the first set of building standards for dwellings ever incorporated into a model code.

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BD+C

MAY 24, 2019

The money will be used to support LEED certification of 15 U.S. cities in 2018. Green Building Council (USGBC) received a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America to support the LEED for Cities and Communities Program. cities and communities. The grant provides financial assistance, educational resources, and technical support.

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 16, 2017

On Tuesday, June 20, OSHA will present a proposal to extend the enforcement date of its crane operator certification requirement in the Cranes and Derricks In Construction standard until November 10, 2018.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Even before the conference started, on the preceding Thursday came the biggest announcement of Greenbuild, the new 2018 International Green Construction Code was finally being unveiled by the coterie of trade group authors and available from the ICC to the public. I will write more about the 2018 IgCC in this blog next week.

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ENR Construction

JUNE 27, 2021

appeals court June 22 reversal of an operating natural gas line's 2018 certification is a focus as the agency considers changes in how it decides need for interstate pipelines.

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Certification 36

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 15, 2018

The real news behind that headline causing great enthusiasm is that after a 3 year process, the Green Building Initiative is nearing the end and a completely revised “Green Globes Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings” will be available in 2018. This is not year 2000, when LEED was the first and only green building game in U.S.

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Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The extended entry deadline is November 16, 2018. STAR Award Winners will be featured in the STAR Awards Winners Gallery, and receive a frame-quality certificate and optional gold-plated statuette. All entries must be submitted by the extended entry deadline of November 16, 2018. Advertising. Trade Shows/Events. And many more!

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Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Already, the Department of Labor has announced it won't issue H-2B visa certifications until Feb. 20 due to an unprecedented influx of applications.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 26, 2015

Last Friday, the International Code Council and ASHRAE announced they signed an “agreement that the new version of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), scheduled to be released in 2018, will be powered by” ASHRAE Standard 189.1 But the announcement last Friday means there will be a 2018 version of the IgCC (.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 26, 2015

Last Friday, the International Code Council and ASHRAE announced they signed an “agreement that the new version of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), scheduled to be released in 2018, will be powered by” ASHRAE Standard 189.1 But the announcement last Friday means there will be a 2018 version of the IgCC (.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 19, 2017

While much of the media hyperbole has focused on the Trump Administration’s 2018 Budget request of $5.7 million homes and more than 25,000 commercial buildings carry Energy Star certification. Green Building Council associated, Green Business Certification Inc. Billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, a reduction of $2.6

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Development of the 2018 version of the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) is now underway. The 2018 version of the NGBS will be the fourth iteration of this national residential standard. Appreciate that the International Green Construction Code incorporates the NGBS as an alternative compliance path.

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Constructlaw

MARCH 10, 2023

ALS began performing invasive species removal and control work for a Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) intersection improvement project in February 2018. ALS completed its removal work in August 2018. Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America (Travelers) issued the payment bond for the project.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 25, 2018

The changes made to the rating system simplify and streamline the certification process for projects of all kinds. There is of course no Arc “certification” and Arc will thrive and grow as it is integrated within LEED v4.1. “We are excited to introduce LEED v4.1 And Arc is available at no charge to LEED registered projects.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

We have images of their training and certification. So, we’re a very large company with a very small HR demand. Now, with Spectrum, we are able to get all of our safety information in there. So, if somebody is on-site and needs to see that, it’s very easy to pull that information up.

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

When it came time for Delos — a pioneer of the Well Building Standard for indoor spaces — to upgrade its own offices into a 19,000-sq-ft headquarters, it pursued certification through the International WELL Building Institute.

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Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2017

2017 STAR Award winners are notified by email and mail, and receive a frame-quality certificate. The 2018 CMA STAR Awards will get underway in January, with the entry deadline in September and winners announced December 1, 2018. “All types of digital marketing continue to gain traction including social media and video. ”.

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