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Rooney Rule Revised Provides ESG Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

Last Monday the NFL announced at the owners meeting that it had approved adjustments to the Rooney Rule, first adopted in 2003, “to enhance opportunities for people of color and women for nearly all league and team jobs.”.

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Energy efficiency: The heat is on

Construction Specifier

Everything from residential flats to commercial high-rises is being specified with sustainability in mind. It has taken different priorities over the years,” said Daniel Overbey, AIA, director of sustainability at Browning Day in Indianapolis. “We A transitional moment occurred in 2003, again in an unlikely setting.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Lean Maturity, Lean Sustainability. International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction. Bayfield, R., & Roberts, P. Contract or co-operation? Insights from beyond construction: collaboration. Lean Construction Journal 2(2), 22-50. Bramble, B. Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement. Jorgensen, F.,

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Communication and knowledge exchanges and growth are enabled by an underlying common programmatic process for every project and activity that eases knowledge transfers and is dependent upon strength of relationships between individuals and the type of knowledge exchanged (Reagans & McEvily, 2003; Hansen, 1999). Mutual trust and respect.

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Viewpoint

SAB Magazine

A lone voice from Vancouver issued a challenge at the Greenbuild #2 conference in Pittsburgh in 2003: “What will the US Green Building Council do to address the fact that the right building in the wrong place is the wrong building?”.

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Job Order Contracting

Managing the numerous repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and construction projects required for any building or asset portfolio is a daunting task. Since 2003, federal real property was noted as “high risk” by the GAO. The truth is likely that both are to blame.

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Indian Engineer Champions Bamboo Construction

Natural Building

Sanjeev Karpe, an Indian engineer, shares how bamboo became important to him and why he thinks sustainability is so vital to the planet. In 2003 he had an opportunity to visit China and observe the prevalence of bamboo in construction there. These panels are then transferred to Qatar where the installation takes place.