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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

Responding to client email about impact of construction project change order on contemplated LEED certification, so that payment can be released today. Responding to consultant email and draft report of Phase II environmental site assessment. Drafting form contract for LEED consultant to use in responding to RFPs.

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Autodesk Build Gets 25+ Product Updates, Features, and Enhancements

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Save unfinished workflows as drafts. Budget code segment variable length** . Spread markup value in owner change order** . Reviews | Save unfinished workflows as drafts – When creating a new workflow, members can save unfinished workflows as a draft, reducing duplication of work and time. Cost Releases.

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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

HardHatChat

I’m sure some of you don’t have the time to draft a list of resolutions, so I’ve done it for you – you can thank me later. I know this is a tough one to follow as we all need to keep commercial construction budgets in check, but we saw too many companies go with pick-up truck contractors in 2010 only to be burned later.

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7 Steps to Successful Project Closeout

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Problems like delayed change orders, poor communication and lost paperwork may make it harder to close out a project on time. The first step is to track every part of the project to streamline reviewing legal terms and change orders, for example. Delayed change order resolution. The reverse bell curve.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

“Moneyball is a film based on the true story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a tight budget. Beane didn’t achieve success by drafting players based on his emotional judgments or media-based hype. change orders. January 2009. December 2008.

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35+ New Product Updates for Autodesk Construction Cloud

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Reviews | Save unfinished workflows as drafts – When creating a new workflow, members can save unfinished workflows as a draft, reducing duplication of work and time. All required fields do not need to be filled for the draft to be saved. Autodesk Build. ** = features in both Autodesk Build & BIM 360.

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Architects on the Jobsite

Pro Builder

It is one thing to sit in an office all day designing and drafting up construction details and another thing altogether to spend time on a jobsite seeing how things actually get built. If I didn’t understand how the roof is accessed and how large my cantilevers can be based on my budget.

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