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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, in the draft document expected to be approved in the coming days, RELi 2.0 RELi was first developed over 5 years ago by the Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability and adopted by MTS in 2014, following the ANSI accredited American National Standards procedure.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

A 2014 study, conducted by scientists from the Smithsonian Institution and the Fish and Wildlife Service, estimated that between 365 million and 988 million birds are killed in the United States every year as a result of building collisions. Since 1970, the researchers estimated, the North American bird population had declined by roughly 29%.

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Implied Copyright License

Construction Lawyer

For instance, AIA Document B101 (2007), the owner-architect agreement, contains this provision: § 7.3 August 18, 2014), the architect was hired for a health center. According to the opinion, the AIA document, including the language quoted above, was not binding on the parties because the owner had not signed this document.

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JOC Study Announced – Value of Job Order Contracting and Integrated Project Delivery

Building Information Management

We are excited about the potential to document the value associated with JOC vs. traditional construction deliver methods. Date: 11/20/2014 Subject: JOC Industry Research. The finalized study, anticipated to be released in January 2016, will document the value that comes from JOC as a procurement method, regardless of system utilized.

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Fraudulent Concealment Subject to Statutory Limitations Period

Construction Lawyer

24, 2014) has affirmed a lower court ruling that dismissed a case against the architect based on the statute of limitations. Note that the 2007 version of the standard AIA documents have substantially changed that provision to make it more favorable to an owner. Wight & Company , Jan. contracts litigation'

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Examining OSHA’s Pending IIPP Standard

Safety Services Company

OSHA is accepting input during the drafting phase, but has officially stated the following will be required IIPP inclusions: Hazard Identification/Assessment: A written process by which hazards will be identified. This portion of the IIPP will also require documentation of the control methods and their determined effectiveness.

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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

Greater challenges arise when adapting DBB source documents for design-build. DBB and its ‘relatives’ are longstanding methods of project delivery with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and, therefore, drafting construction specifications for such projects is reasonably straightforward.

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