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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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OSHA Electronic Records Submission Delayed, But Not for Long

FDR Safety

OSHA recently announced another delay in the deadline for employers to electronically submit their 2016 injury and illness data to the agency. Establishments with 20 to 249 employees that are identified as being in alleged “high hazard industries” are also required to submit their 300A Annual Summaries by the same date.

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LEAN Construction Delivery, The Primary Challenge to BIM

Job Order Contracting

Classification Criticality – Architecture, Engineering, Construction, & Life-cycle Facility Management – A Draft White Paper. JOC Performance – 2016 Industry Study . BIM for Facility Management. The Evolution of Construction Cost Estimating Technology. Maintenance and Repair of Federal Facilities.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

USGBC made substantive changes to the credit in 2015 and in 2016 and again in 2019 resulting in the current LEED v 4.1 SSpc55 credit , but zealots may have preferred the originally drafted version by the American Bird Conservancy? with an average household in excess of $116,000.

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Construction Americas 2015 Expo a Success

Construction Marketing

The event produced by the OHL School of Construction at Florida International University was sponsored by Dodge Analytics , Bosch Power Tools , Digital Drafting Systems, and the Construction Marketing Association. Scott Judy of ENR magazine offered a broad analysis of the construction industry. Technology Panel.

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Top 5 Android Apps In 2016 For Construction Professionals

Construction Cost Estimating

Recently construction industry experience significant technological advancement. AutoCAD 360 is a user-friendly and free mobile app that can significantly improve the drafting process. Several mobile based apps are emerged in the market. Given below, detailed information for top 5 android based apps for civil engineers :- 1.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

The existing SEC climate change disclosures require significant work and depending upon the industry can be quite onerous and expensive. but this proposed disclosure regulation is not about analysis of climate change risks?). Such should also be anticipated for GHG specific emissions disclosures.