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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

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Organizations that provide leadership and commitment to collaborative environments are rare. Common data environment (glossary of terms and definitions, locally researched detailed unit price cost data). Partnering in a unit price environment. management of knowledge in project environments. Mutual trust and respect.

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FTC Settles Charges Over Deceptive Zero VOC Claims

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Some of these chemicals can be harmful to the environment and people, especially to sensitive groups such as babies and those suffering from asthma or allergies. The Commission vote to accept the consent agreements was 2-0. The FTC published a description of the consent agreement packages in the Federal Register.

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IgCC will now be Powered by ASHRAE 189.1

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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 From that agreement has come an Executive Steering Committee to align the green programs.

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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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Green Building Law Blog - Untitled Article

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Shari Shapiro is an attorney in the Energy, Environment & Public Utilities Practice Group of Cozen O'Connor, P.C, She has experience with regulatory development, energy sales agreements, energy project construction contracts, project financing, permitting and land use approvals. Shari earned her J.D.

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Natgasoline Tapping TEF Investment For Beaumont, TX Expansion

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Execution of the state’s agreement is contingent upon finalization of a local incentive offer as required by program criteria. ” The Legislature created the TEF in 2003 and re-appropriated funding in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013 to help ensure the growth of Texas businesses and create more jobs throughout the state.

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

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Which at first blush might appear to not necessarily a bad thing, given that the IgCC, first published in 2009, has only been adopted, in whole, but mostly in part, in maybe 17 jurisdictions, out of the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the U.S., But arising from a 2014 confidential agreement signed by the U.S.

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