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Updated Phase l Environmental Site Assessment is Published But.

Green Building Law Update

On November 1, ASTM International revised its Phase l Environmental Site Assessment standard. Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard E1527-13 sunset eight years from its approval on November 6, 2013 and the new E1527-21 was as of last week published and now available for use, but. 9601) and petroleum products.”.

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LiveXchange Emerging Industries Panel: Key Factors For Site Selection

Business Facilities

Jenny Massey, Sikich; Linda Burns, Wadley-Donovan-Gutshaw Consulting; and John Boyd, Jr., The Boyd Company will share their experiences navigating the shifting site selection landscape for emerging industries.

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You Should Not Contract With Your Environmental Consultant

Green Building Law Update

In an effort to mitigate risk you should not contract directly with an environmental consultant, but rather your attorney should contract with that consultant. What is described here is much more than simply good drafting of consultant contacts (e.g., What a property owner does not know it cannot share.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

But rather, this responds to a question I was recently asked when speaking at a law school forum on innovation in the law, “ what does a green building attorney do? ”. My practice is almost exclusively sustainability including green building law, so a good response may be to look at a typical day. Lunch with prospective client].

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New One Undershaft tower plan as tall as the Shard

Construction Enquirer

More ambitious plans to build a tower matching the height of the Shard in the City of London have gone out to consultation. Singapore developer Perennial Group and development manager Stanhope are planning to submit revised plans for the One Undershaft site in the City of London. WSP is acting as multi-service engineer.

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The Best Kept Secret in Green Building - a Conversation with Jerry Yudelson

Green Building Law Update

I had a conversation with Jerry Yudelson last week, six weeks after he became the President of the Green Building Initiative, the non profit with the rights to distribute Green Globes in the United States. Jerry is known to many in the green building world. we have certified less than one percent of them as green.

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

BD+C

The Sustainability Group will strengthen Suffolk’s in-house expertise and ability to design and execute a wider range of green building solutions. He offered sustainability consulting, building systems commissioning, and LEED administration services on projects across campus.