Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The best way to mitigate risk in your green building project are properly drafted contract documents prepared by this law firm or by another attorney with green building experience. As I posted in this blog less than a year ago, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts are Properly Drafted. That may sound self serving, but it is true.

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Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2013

Through downstream agreements, the major team players can also agree to waive certain liabilities against each other. They enter into a BIM Agreement and share information freely, using BIM to facilitate target value design and a central server to allow full information transparency. JOC Process.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

The reason for the dearth of court cases is not that there are no disputes and differences arising from green building design and construction, but rather that many, if not most of the contracts in sustainable construction require mandatory arbitration, in lieu of a judicial contest. Legal scholars can have at it.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

There is little question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. With over a million contract documents licensed on an annual basis, the AIA’s form construction documents are likely the most widely used contract documents in the industry. The Supreme Court, in American Express v.

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