Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 12, 2015

For example, in the Universal Concrete Products case, the 4th Circuit reasoned that Virginia courts favor the freedom to contract and that parties are freely able to negotiate and draft these types of provisions. It is worth the effort to seek legal advice on these issues prior to drafting and executing contracts with other parties.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

There is little question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. The annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is happening this week in Washington DC. I hope to see you in DC this week. The Supreme Court, in American Express v.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 11, 2012

Public entities need to make sure they are not drafting specifications aimed at favoring one competitor over another. The idea behind such statutes is to require contract-award decisions to be based on objective criteria. Electronic toll-collection contracts are generally awarded after proposals are technically evaluated by consultants.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 15, 2016

The 113 page draft order found that under existing net metering rates other ratepayers were subsidizing net metering customers (e.g., Note that this occurred in the same week that Congress extended the 30% federal investment credit for solar through 2021, which in large measure benefits the same banks and corporate investors.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The drafting process was widely criticized resulting in a document that has never been enacted anywhere, and likely should not ever be adopted as code. Washington DC, Baltimore City, Montgomery County, Maryland, etc.) Many code officials have concluded the 2018 IgCC is not a good building code, green or otherwise. The 2015 IgCC (.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 13, 2017

CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. DC: Direct Current. He is a sample listing of abbreviation derived across a wide venue of sources. C: Courses, Curb, Channel, Degrees Celsius, Clock Outlet, Calcimine. C/C: Center to Center. C TO C: Center to Center. CA: Compressed Air. CAB: Cabinet. CAIS: Caisson. CAP: Capacity. CAR: Carpet.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Low voltage, portable, AC/DC signal generator 2. Low voltage, portable, AC/DC signal generator 2. ELEC-DCS-01-01M Frequency: Monthly. DC Battery System, Lead Acid. ELEC-DCS-01-01Y Frequency: Annually. DC Battery System, Lead Acid. Check all plug connections in the panel to ensure the plugs are fully seated.

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Construction Marketing

JULY 6, 2010

Although decisions to build nonresidential structures are made by hundreds of thousands of private businesses, nonprofit institutions, and government agencies, the first comprehensive indication of planned development typically shows up on an architect’s drafting board. He has a M.S.

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Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2016

CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. DC: Direct Current. C: Courses, Curb, Channel, Degrees Celsius, Clock Outlet, Calcimine. C/C: Center to Center. C TO C: Center to Center. CA: Compressed Air. CAB: Cabinet. CAIS: Caisson. CAP: Capacity. CAR: Carpet. CARP: Carpenter. CAT: Catalog. CAV: Cavity. CBL: Concrete Block. CYL: Cylinder.

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Construction Concrete Electrical Fabrication 40

Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2016

CAD: Cadmium, Computer-Aided Drafting. DC: Direct Current. C: Courses, Curb, Channel, Degrees Celsius, Clock Outlet, Calcimine. C/C: Center to Center. C TO C: Center to Center. CA: Compressed Air. CAB: Cabinet. CAIS: Caisson. CAP: Capacity. CAR: Carpet. CARP: Carpenter. CAT: Catalog. CAV: Cavity. CBL: Concrete Block. CYL: Cylinder.

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Construction Concrete Electrical Fabrication 40

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 8, 2014

With 32 ports statewide, Louisiana offers six deep-draft ports capable of transferring large quantities of cargo, is one of only two U.S. grids using a massive network of underground superconductor pipelines and AC/DC converters, eventually opening the entire country to renewable energy access. Already the nation’s No.

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Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Copies of this publication may be obtained from the Executive Office of the President’s Publications Office by calling 202-395-7332, or writing the Office of Publications, 725 17th Street, NW, Room 2200, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. The NIH facilitators then obtained consensus for each section of the draft RFP.

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Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

23 51 13 Draft Control Devices. Draft Control Fans. Draft-Induction Fans. 23 65 13 Forced-Draft Cooling Towers. Open-Circuit, Forced-Draft Cooling Towers. Closed-Circuit, Forced-Draft Cooling Towers. 23 65 14 Induced-Draft Cooling Towers. Open-Circuit, Induced-Draft Counterflow Cooling Towers.

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Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

23 51 13 Draft Control Devices. Draft Control Fans. Draft-Induction Fans. 23 65 13 Forced-Draft Cooling Towers. Open-Circuit, Forced-Draft Cooling Towers. Closed-Circuit, Forced-Draft Cooling Towers. 23 65 14 Induced-Draft Cooling Towers. Open-Circuit, Induced-Draft Counterflow Cooling Towers.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 23, 2016

After more than 2 years of seeking public comment, County staff made few if any changes from their first draft and is still proposing a modest number of amendments to the form IgCC. The City of Rockville, within Montgomery County, adopted mandatory use of the IgCC effective July 1, 2015, however, also allows as an alternative ASHRAE 189.1.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

Elected officials in Washington, DC appear to have identified one topic that both parties can agree on—strengthening domestic content requirements on federal projects. President Biden’s draft rule calls for a temporary waiver of the increased requirements when compliant materials are either unavailable or unacceptably expensive.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 20, 2020

And, of course there is a cottage industry of ESG consultants who will draft the GRESB questionnaire responses to skew the score.

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