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What Is a Certificate of Insurance (COI) for Contractors — and When Do You Need One?

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To help your business remain viable, contractor’s insurance should be a crucial part of your financial strategy. Insurance also puts other parties’ minds at ease when they want to hire you as a specialty contractor. A certificate of insurance (COI) is a valid form used to prove that you carry the appropriate insurance policy.

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Army Abandons LEED Certification

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Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. The Army is abandoning LEED certification. Less than one month later, the Army has announced it is abandoning LEED certification. in lieu of pursuing LEED certification.

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Not April Fool's: Defense Department to Adopt Green Code and LEED

Green Building Law Update

In last week's post, I stated that the Army was abandoning LEED certification in lieu of a green building code based on ASHRAE 189.1. Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. This new code, based heavily on ASHRAE 189.1,

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

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We saw much-improved activity in shopping center construction – not necessarily the building of new malls, but in general commercial contractors working with landlords and developers on pre-construction services , such as commercial construction budgeting to help them propose attractive lease deals for new tenants.

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M&V, MBCx, WTF: Building Performance Monitoring as a Means to Achieve Decarbonization Goals

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For building owners and operators, obtaining tenant consumption may be difficult without a mechanism requiring it like green lease language. Contractor, designer, and operator involvement early in the process is key to achieving the owner or occupier’s goals, but what does this look like in practice?

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AEE WEST 2023: Building Performance Monitoring

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For building owners and operators, obtaining tenant consumption may be difficult without a mechanism requiring it like green lease language. Contractor, designer, and operator involvement early in the process is key to achieving the owner or occupier’s goals, but what does this look like in practice?

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INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Nexus of Industrial Development Across Mexico

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Here are just a few examples: Metaldyne’s Sintered Products business unit in Ramos Arizpe received a Certificate of Excellence from General Motors, awarding the plant the highest honor of gold supplier status. Built-to-suit facilities for Lease or Sale. Lease Buy Back Options. Site selection evaluation. Engineering.