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Guidelines for Building Commissioning in the Works

Construction Dive

There are several new developments to report in the effort to develop guidance for optimizing building performance through commissioning. The comment period for 0.2P, which is intended to be applied to any type of facility, is scheduled to end Jan.

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Improving Construction Outcomes is an Owner’s Responsibility

Job Order Contracting

The term “sustainable development’ was first used in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission, a United Nations initiative to improve the global environmental, economic and social conditions (WCED, 1987). ” World Commission on Environment and Development, (ed.), Performance-based reward system. Shared risk/reward.

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Another chapter in dispute over OSHA statute of limitations

FDR Safety

the Review Commission held that the employer’s failure to act on recommendations made in a prior employer’s Process Hazard Analyses (some of which dated back more than 14 years before the OSHA inspection) constituted a “continuing violation” that effectively extended the statute of limitations under the Act. In Secretary of Labor v.

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Demand Response Needs a Mulligan

Green Building Law Update

Circuit Court of Appeals has nullified the retail electric market Demand Response programs governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, putting a chink in the armor of the new EPA carbon curbs. The court noted, Congress in 2005 declared “the policy of the United States that time-based pricing and other forms of demand response.

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Demand Response Needs to a Mulligan

Green Building Law Update

Circuit Court of Appeals has nullified the retail electric market Demand Response programs governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, putting a chink in the armor of the new EPA carbon curbs. The court noted, Congress in 2005 declared “the policy of the United States that time-based pricing and other forms of demand response.

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Design-build makes gains along with more authorizing legislation

BD+C

A study commissioned by DBIA revealed that design-build project delivery represented 40% of the nonresidential U.S. construction market in 2009, growing over 10% since 2005. In 2009, more legislation authorizing design-build project delivery passed than in any year in Design Build Institute of America’s history. read more.

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UK’s coronavirus death toll could be 50% HIGHER than official figures show (and the week ending April 3 was Britain’s DEADLIEST since records began in 2005)

Construction Test

Official data showed the week ending April 3 was the deadliest since records began in 2005, with 16,387 fatalities recorded. This means coronavirus has pushed the death toll in England and Wales to its highest level since official weekly figures began in 2005. . A graph shows how the week compares to others since the start of 2020.