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New Sustainable Projects Exhibit in 2017 AIA Contract Documents

Green Building Law Update

Last week the American Institute of Architects released the 2017 edition of the A201 family of contract documents, including updated versions of the AIA’s documents developed for the design-bid-build delivery model. The previous version of the design-bid-build contract documents included a Sustainable Project version.

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ConsensusDOCS v. AIA – Form Contract Wars

Construction Law Monitor

AIA (American Institute of Architects ) form documents have dominated the construction industry for many years. Due to the AIA dominance, others in the industry sought out an alternative and the ConsensusDOCS were born in 2007. Many experts believe that the AIA standard form contracts are drafted to protect the Architect.

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Four New LEED Pilot Credits Respond to COVID-19

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council has now added two additional Pilot Credits responding to the novel coronavirus. Green Building Council has announced that LEED will play a role in confronting risk in the coronavirus pandemic era. You may reasonably infer that I have posted an update (. You may reasonably infer that I have posted an update (.

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Five AIA Construction Documents Go Green : Best Practices.

Best Practices Construction Law

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The growing demand for transparency in buildings

Construction Specifier

However, the case for seeking transparency documentation and proof of optimization for these technologies is evident more so today than ever before. Several green building rating systems are steering the demand for transparency, such as LEED v4 and v4.1, WELL v2, and LBC v3.1 but this article focuses only on the last two.

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Now is the Time to Revise your Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

These two dramatic changes to LEED have very real potential for increasing risk in green building, but updates are also underway to Green Globes and ASHRAE 189.1 as well as to a host of green codes. Today, those AIA Sustainable Project Contract Documents are among the most used in the industry (. With the U.S.

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Now is the Time to Revise your Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

These two dramatic changes to LEED have very real potential for increasing risk in green building, but updates are also underway to Green Globes and ASHRAE 189.1 as well as to a host of green codes. Today, those AIA Sustainable Project Contract Documents are among the most used in the industry (. With the U.S.

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