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Buying a LEED Certified Building Is Easy But.

Green Building Law Update

Today when there are more 95,600 LEED Certified projects, with many of them among the most desirable buildings in their respective market, those innovative buildings are regularly being bought and sold. That being the case, then why has the GBCI Change Of Owner Agreement been uploaded into LEED Online only 700 times since February 2015?

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Guide to Construction Services Procurement and Management

Job Order Contracting

The net result has been the continues legacy of economic and environmental waste, legal disputes, and dissatisfaction of both building uses and oversight groups. The faster the process is complete the better.

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IDIQ Construction Contract Guide

Job Order Contracting

Definition: IDIQ construction contracts are Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity construction agreements that may or may not have associated detailed construction delivery processes and workflows. . Little room for innovation or collaborative relationships. Streamlines post-bidding award, security clearances, etc.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

But rather, this responds to a question I was recently asked when speaking at a law school forum on innovation in the law, “ what does a green building attorney do? ”. Drafting settlement agreement and release reflecting amicable resolution of disputes and differences arising out of construction of green building. 02:55 p.m.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

This history combined with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) in 1994 which regulates the use of IDIQ, and availability of tools, cost data, services, and technology by more innovative JOC vendors, have made JOC more transparent, efficient, and competitive. Journal of the Legal Profession, 19 Vol. The Advantages of JOC.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Journal of Legal. Innovation and learning in complex offshore construction projects. Partnering: An Innovative and Effective Project Organization Concept. success through an incentive agreement: lessons learned from an underground railway. Empirical analysis of traditional contracting and relationship agreements for.

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Open Borders

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One side wants to build a wall on our southern border and unleash a deportation force, the other wants to create a path to legalization for the 12 million or so undocumented immigrants now living in the U.S. There’s been a lot of heated rhetoric in the presidential campaign about illegal immigration and how to secure the border.

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