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FTC Settles Charges Over Deceptive Zero VOC Claims

Green Building Law Update

contains four provisions designed to ensure the companies do not engage in similar conduct in the future, including: First, they would prohibit the companies from making unqualified VOC free claims and emission free, unless both content and emissions are actually zero, or emissions are at trace levels, beginning at application and thereafter.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

construction industry – A taxonomic approach to the literature of the 2000-2009 decade. success through an incentive agreement: lessons learned from an underground railway. Partnering process model for public-sector fasttrack design-build projects in Korea. Bemelmans, J., Voordijk, H., & Vos, B. Bresnen, M. Bresnen, M.

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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. Standard 189.1

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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. Standard 189.1

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You Need to Review a SITES Scorecard, Now

Green Building Law Update

While the lawsuit revealed the founding organizations did not have a written agreement among themselves to protect their valuable intellectual property, they have had a multi-year written agreement and close working relationship with USGBC. GBCI will have to find a consensus based process for updating the now somewhat dated SITES v2.

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Construction Contracts Online: ConsensusDOCS and AIA Go Head-to-Head

Best Practices Construction Law

In addition to the wealth of documents already online, last week ConsensusDOCS released three new documents: The new and only available of its kind ConsensusDocs 298 Joint Venture Agreement makes it easier for construction companies to combine expertise and share risks on projects. D200–1995, Project Checklist.

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You Need to Review a SITES Scorecard, Now

Green Building Law Update

While the lawsuit revealed the founding organizations did not have a written agreement among themselves to protect their valuable intellectual property, they have had a multi-year written agreement and close working relationship with USGBC. GBCI will have to find a consensus based process for updating the now somewhat dated SITES v2.

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