article thumbnail

LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting has a number of distinct advantages for repetitive repair, renovation, minor new construction and maintenance projects. The 5 Construction Lawyer, Vol. 4, 2002, p. The Advantages of JOC. In the final analysis, this study has found that IDIQ (Job Order Contracting, etc.) Master Contracts.

Contract 100
article thumbnail

Southern Pine Inspection Bureau publishes new design values effective June 1

BD+C

13 to the 2002 Standard Grading Rules for Southern Pine Lumber on Feb. New design values, effective June 1, apply only to new construction; the integrity of existing structures designed and built using design values meeting applicable building codes at the time of permitting does not change. read more.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

IgCC will now be Powered by ASHRAE 189.1

Green Building Law Update

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 for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings.

Green 120
article thumbnail

IgCC will now be Powered by ASHRAE 189.1

Green Building Law Update

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 for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings.

Green 120
article thumbnail

Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Senate Bill 546 (passed) makes changes to nutrient management plan compliance, enforcement, and reporting; concentrated animal feeding operation permitting and fees; and water quality monitoring in tributaries located on the lower Eastern Shore. Wetlands Permits and Licenses. Stormwater and Flood Management.

Maryland 120
article thumbnail

#68:? Energy Code Compliance

NH Construction Law

On June 12, 2018, Governor Sununu signed into law House Bill 1472 , repealing the state code for energy conservation in new construction ( RSA 155-D ) effective August 7, 2018. HB 1472 was intended to clean up that redundancy. Section 103.1 ” Upon repeal of RSA 155-D, New Hampshire has no such statute. Section 103.1

article thumbnail

#112:  Owners' Implied Warranty Rights Against Subcontractors

NH Construction Law

While some commercial subcontracts do extend the subcontractor’s express warranties to the owner, such provisions are rarely found in residential construction, where there is often no express warranty in the subcontract at all. But what about the implied warranty of good workmanship ( #4 )? Sienna Court Condominium Ass’n v.