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LEED Creates Business Opportunities Beyond The Environmental Industrial Complex

Green Building Law Update

From snow removal to legal services and office cleaning to landscaping with literally hundreds of business sectors in between, business not traditionally thought of as being in the construction field or the environmental industrial complex, are profiting by being green and marketing their contribution to LEED credits.

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Revit Beginners: Revit 2009 Rendering

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Revit 2009 Rendering. Here is me doodling with Revits new rendering engine in 2009. Marathon Drafting. ► 2009. (14).

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The New and Improved 2020 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard

Green Building Law Update

Moreover, the NGBS is a uniquely drafted “standard” in that it can be used by any builder for their individual project as a rating system (including obtaining third party certification), or may be adopted by a local government as a residential green building code. The 2020 NGBS was ANSI approved earlier this year.

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Revit Beginners: Revit's Drafting Machine

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Revits Drafting Machine. For those of you who remember using drafting machines mounted to a drafting table youll find a similar tool in Revit.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

When I started working in the industry we still used payphones to call the office from the “field” We used paper estimates, a calculator and copy machines. In that relatively short time frame I am able to draft an email from 30,000 feet and send it into the ether to any number of project team members. December 2009.

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The Ramifications of this IgCC Enactment are of National Import

Green Building Law Update

As a practical matter, throughout the County the market now requires Class A office building be LEED Gold if not Platinum. After more than 2 years of seeking public comment, County staff made few if any changes from their first draft and is still proposing a modest number of amendments to the form IgCC.

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Revit Beginners: Filter Unplaced or Unenclosed Items

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Friday, June 26, 2009. It appears this feature was added in Revit 2009. Where is this in Revit 2009 as you say it is???

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