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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

Responding to consultant email and draft report of Phase II environmental site assessment. Reviewing and approving quotes in draft third party journal article on defects in green building contracts. Drafting form contract for LEED consultant to use in responding to RFPs. Lunch with prospective client]. 03:30 p.m.

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Arbitration including Religious Arbitration in Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

There is little question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. Certification Agreement has a mandatory arbitration provision. The annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is happening this week in Washington DC. I hope to see you in DC this week.

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Contractor’s Guide to Biden’s Buy American Act Changes: Buy More (and More and More) American

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

Elected officials in Washington, DC appear to have identified one topic that both parties can agree on—strengthening domestic content requirements on federal projects. President Biden’s draft rule calls for a temporary waiver of the increased requirements when compliant materials are either unavailable or unacceptably expensive.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

Green Building Law Update

The 113 page draft order found that under existing net metering rates other ratepayers were subsidizing net metering customers (e.g., Note that this occurred in the same week that Congress extended the 30% federal investment credit for solar through 2021, which in large measure benefits the same banks and corporate investors.

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The Real Lemon in the Bunch: Understanding Pay-If-Paid Clauses in Construction Contracts

Best Practices Construction Law

Contractors have a means of shifting the risk of non-payment by the owner to its subcontractor by including a certain payment provisions in the subcontract agreement. For the contractors out there, Universal Concrete Products is a good reminder of the importance of drafting clear and unambiguous contact terms between the parties.

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The Real Lemon in the Bunch: Understanding Pay-If-Paid Clauses

Best Practices Construction Law

Contractors have a means of shifting the risk of non-payment by the owner to its subcontractor by including a certain payment provisions in the subcontract agreement. For the contractors out there, Universal Concrete Products is a good reminder of the importance of drafting clear and unambiguous contact terms between the parties.

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

Green Building Law Update

The drafting process was widely criticized resulting in a document that has never been enacted anywhere, and likely should not ever be adopted as code. But arising from a 2014 confidential agreement signed by the U.S. Washington DC, Baltimore City, Montgomery County, Maryland, etc.) The 2015 IgCC (. The 2015 IgCC (.

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