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Greenbuild: Designing the Perfect Green People

Green Building Law Update

” My response is that the highlight at Greenbuild was all the ‘green’ building people. And thousands of other green people were there to attend sessions about how the build, grow and monetize green building. It is clear that green building is thriving. billion years of evolution.”

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The Second Best Way to Mitigate Your Risk in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

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. This is not a paid endorsement.

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A Step Closer to BIM? NIBS and AIA Working toward Centralized Building Information Resource

Building Information Management

The signing of an agreement between The American Institute of Architects and the.

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Moving from Design-Build, DB, to Integrated Project Delivery, IPD

Building Information Management

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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Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

It is surprising to many in the environmental industrial complex that there has been relatively little litigation arising out of green building. There have been only a very modest number of cases commenced in courts across the country involving construction of green buildings. Even the Green Business Certification Inc.

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Arbitration including Religious Arbitration in Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

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. Arbitration is particularly wide spread in green building and has had the impact of so few green building disputes ever reaching a courtroom.

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designing a home with an architect - fins architecture blog

Fins Architecture

Owner and Architect Contract /Agreement. Once both parties accept the proposal and the architect is selected you should enter into an agreement or a contract. Informal agreement can be the architect’s proposal. Formal forms are found on the American Instituted of Architects, AIA, site [link]. Design Process.