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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, in the draft document expected to be approved in the coming days, RELi 2.0 addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. is made clear by the draft’s own words, “[t]he RELi 2.0

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Icy Hot

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The protocol was immediately endorsed by Guggenheim Partners, which helped to draft it. Should large-scale development of the Arctic region be permitted? The International Maritime Organization, meanwhile, has yet to adopt an enforceable code for ships operating in polar waters; it expects to have one in place by 2017.

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constructionattorneyblog: AIA plans change to Statute of Limitations.

Construction Lawyer

Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

He did return every summer to work on a permit as a union carpenter with his father. The work was labor-intensive at the time—everything was hand-drawn on drafting boards—and everyone still wore white shirts and ties. In 1969, he earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture. . Company management noticed Dennis’s prowess.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Located in the heart of Illinois; in the great Midwest; within 200 miles of metropolitan areas of Chicago, Indianapolis and St. The permit is $250 annually and is applied to a single truck, giving companies the flexibility to pay for only the trucks that will travel in the zone rather than paying for their entire fleet.

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Arbitration Update – The 2021 ICDR Arbitration Rules: A Welcome Update for International Construction Arbitration

Constructlaw

While thoughtful arbitration clause drafting should generally enable parties to avoid confusion over which set of the ICDR/AAA rules should apply, the ICDR’s clarification of the term ‘international’ refines what parties should expect. According to the US Supreme Court in First Options of Chicago, Inc.