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Rhode Island goes for LEED for Neighborhood Development and SITES

Green Building Law Update

Last week the House and Senate passed S952 , legislation introduced on June 8, 2017, amending the Green Buildings Act by adding to the definition of public projects, that had regulated new construction or major renovations of buildings, now expanded to include a public building’s “public real property site.”

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CRANE OPERATOR CERTIFICATION

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OSHA recently announced that it would extend deadline for implementing its crane operator certification rule requiring employers to ensure that crane operators are certified until November 10, 2017. Certification by an independent nationally accredited testing organization. Qualification by the U.S.

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OSHA Proposes Crane Operator Certification Extension

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a proposed rule to extend the compliance date for the crane operator certification requirement by three years, to Nov. The standard requires crane operators on construction sites to meet one of four qualification/certification options by Nov. 10, 2014.'

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Green Globes New Multifamily Rating Systems Respond to the Market

Green Building Law Update

GBI is known for swiftness n third party certification. There are two timeframes for certification, non-expedited (i.e., There are two timeframes for certification, non-expedited (i.e., Expedited Certification for existing building is 30 to 45 days and new construction is 45 to 60 days. normal) and expedited.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

is significant because it is widely suggested, just as a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is now standard practice in nearly every commercial real estate transaction in this country, that in the future the same will be true of a resilience assessment. The Green Business Certification Inc.’s The launch of RELi 2.0 Of note, RELi 2.0

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

is significant because it is widely suggested, just as a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is now standard practice in nearly every commercial real estate transaction in this country, that in the future the same will be true of a resilience assessment. The Green Business Certification Inc.’s The launch of RELi 2.0 Of note, RELi 2.0

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

Green Building Law Update

The remainder of the code is the substantive content that is the 2017 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC Standard 189.1 Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1 The ASHRAE process for approving standards may well work for standards, but the insular groups of subject matter environmental zealots that created the 2017 189.1

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