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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

There would have to be some agreement, that does not exist today of what it means to be net zero (e.g., And maybe that includes an agreement that zero is more like the historical absence in the number of columns counted by Sumerian scribes 4,000 years ago than a modern laboratory measure of non-detect?

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DuPont Resolves PFAS Claims with Delaware

Green Building Law Update

all “DuPont” related companies), businesses having operated in the State for more than 200 years, announced a sweeping settlement agreement last week. However, many legal commentators observing that President Biden having represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. and Corteva, Inc.

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Double Take: Court Finds That Contractor Waived Owner’s Past (But Not Future) Payment Obligation Failures

Best Practices Construction Law

The Town of Sudlersville, Maryland (Sept. 22, 2020) (PDF) , the United States District Court for the District of Maryland held that a construction contractor had waived certain payment obligations by accepting late payments without, but that it did not waive the same payment obligations with respect to future payments. The contract.

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

Green Building Law Update

But arising from a 2014 confidential agreement signed by the U.S. Washington DC, Baltimore City, Montgomery County, Maryland, etc.) Moreover, USGBC should end its collaboration with ASHRAE and others under the 2014 agreement, on the development of a 2021 LEED v5. The 2015 IgCC (. The 2015 IgCC (.

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Don’t Settle Your Construction Dispute Without Checking with the (Insurance) Man

Best Practices Construction Law

Well, in a recent construction dispute in Maryland, “the Man” was the owner’s insurance company. The project involved the construction of the $900m Gaylord hotel and convention center in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Best Practices Case Law Legal Trends gaylord national insurance disputes perini building turner constructon'

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LEED Credit is Designed to Eliminate Illegal Wood in Buildings

Green Building Law Update

This new pilot credit also leaves in place the 2016 pilot credit MRpc102 Legal Wood, that despite all the discussion has not been a market mover. Certified by a third-party legality verification program (see Annex 3). What agreements exist with the many other trade groups and standards associations related to this pilot credit?

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Journal of Legal. success through an incentive agreement: lessons learned from an underground railway. Empirical analysis of traditional contracting and relationship agreements for. An analysis of the Maryland Department. Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration. Shamsuddin, S.