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Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted

Green Building Law Update

In an effort to consider as representative a sample as possible, the last 50 contracts received where an owner was a party were selected and the last 50 contracts received where a design professional was a party, were selected. 89% of the contracts were for projects pursuing LEED. 7% were pursuing the NGBS. 1% were pursuing Green Globes.

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Relationship between the designer and the contractor

Construction Business Owner

Industry Statistics. » Relationship between the designer and the contractor. One part of our industry that I simply cannot get my head around is the oftentimes adversarial relationship that exists between the building design professionals and the building contractors on a particular job. Equipment and Services Directory.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Industry Statistics. Meet with them before every project to discuss not only the contractual provisions for scope of work and change orders, but also what you bid and why. Owners need your help to meet their goals, and they may be more amenable to approving change orders while you’re still on the job. Publications.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Industry Statistics. « Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. Project managers are used to logging information – job progress, change orders, labor, weather, and so on. Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. change orders. Publications. Free Subscriptions.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Industry Statistics. At Foundation Software, we try to avoid inmate takeovers by first assigning a lead analyst to oversee design for each project. We then provide a design methodology to follow. Design considerations are not relevant at this stage. Well-designed software provides a more powerful solution.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Industry Statistics. Section 179 was designed to provide an attractive tax savings on these purchases. Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. change orders. Equipment and Services Directory. Ask the Expert. Hardhat Connect. Industry News. Forms and Checklists. Seminars and Tradeshows. Publications.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Industry Statistics. One of my very favorite books is Alan Cooper’s The Inmates Are Running The Asylum , which takes an in-depth look into software application design. The Inmates Are Running The Asylum—or in other words, “The Programmers Are Designing the Software.” When designing FOUNDATION® for Windows® 3.0