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2015 IgCC Has Been Approved

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News of the approval has not circulated widely, likely in part because the announcement was a bit cryptic when the ICC press release reported “the 2014 Group C code development cycle results.” Those approved changes from the 2014 code change cycle will be published as the 2015 IgCC. 2014 as an alternate compliance path.

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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. and the LEED green building program.”

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

This history combined with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) in 1994 which regulates the use of IDIQ, and availability of tools, cost data, services, and technology by more innovative JOC vendors, have made JOC more transparent, efficient, and competitive. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Volume I, Subpart 16.5,

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Path Cleared To Decommissioning And Site Restoration Of Vermont Yankee

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Peter Shumlin, Attorney General Bill Sorrell, and Bill Mohl, President of Entergy Wholesale Commodities, have announced a settlement agreement between the State and the owner and operator of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Entergy VY).

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CBCA Offers Potential Insight Into How Board Will Handle Claims Related to COVID-19

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3 Additionally, the contract permitted the contractor to recover time, but not money, for excusable delays as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 52.249-10. In July 2014, about four months before the project completion date, Sierra Leone suffered an Ebola virus outbreak. CCH) ¶ 35,844, 2014 WL 8106179 (C.B.C.A.

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Construction Lawyer - Untitled Article

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Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville, 2014 Fla. March 19, 2014) , the architect was held to a heightened standard of care based on the language of its contract. In School Board of Broward County, Florida v. LEXIS 3916 (4 Dist. These were the standard of care provisions in the contract: 2.1.3 any other applicable code[.].