Job Order Contracting

JULY 24, 2023

Because we found the components’ facility condition data were unreliable due to missing and inaccurate entries, as noted above, we were unable to analyze the relationship between facility sustainment funding and facility condition. released and first version commercially available 2003: NAVY funds development of BUILDER 3.0 (web-based

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When specifying flooring, one should consider both sustainability and performance. These factors not only contribute to the sustainability of the flooring, but how it performs. These factors not only contribute to the sustainability of the flooring, but how it performs. Even sustainably made floors must be installed correctly.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The Department of Defense has released the findings of an independent report on energy efficiency and sustainability standards used by the Pentagon for military construction. The report strongly affirmed the value of LEED-certified high performing buildings to America’s military and U.S. read more.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 2, 2021

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stressed that restoring the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund must occur in a way that is “sustainable, predictable, defensible, and affordable” with "some sort of road usage levy necessary" according to a report in AASHTO Journal. The current Fixing…

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Roads Defense Transportation Sustainability 97

Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Ignorance is not a defense. In a conversation I had with Barry Giles, a true green building pioneer, in 2018, he said, “to truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry.”. It is no longer acceptable to look the other way.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 5, 2017

provides a “total building sustainability package” to design, build and operate green buildings. Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America, that is also the owner or more green building and more LEED certified building than anyone else, uses a variant of ASHRAE 189.1-2009. ASHRAE Standard 90.1

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Construction Dive

MARCH 19, 2019

DOT and more would sustain heavy cuts in the president’s move to curb spending, but defense- and emergency-related pools, along with targeted infrastructure grants, would see funding upticks. The Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

based contractor Gilbane Federal completed a sophisticated, self-sustaining 414,000-sq-ft headquarters building for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, in Kabul. In May 2015, U.S.-based

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2018

General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DOD), and National 19 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). General Services Administration (GSA), US Department of Defense (DOD), and National 35 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). US Army Sustainment Command. 3 US Department of Defense.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Note: Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud High is a cloud platform developed by Microsoft for cleared personnel and organizations that support the Department of Defense (DoD).] 1 FEDRAMP was initially establish to provide a standardized method for ensuring digital information security for federal government agencies.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The ability to clearly define detailed line item tasks defining the desired scope of work is critical to mitigating errors and omissions, reducing the number of change orders, as well as achieving defensible cost visibility and transparency.

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Management Construction Procurement Defense 259

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 28, 2018

While this report targets defense infrastructure, the issue is far worse at the GSA and other non-DOD government agencies where there is a basic lack of understanding and implementation of organization-wide, best value, LEAN Facilities Management, and LEAN Construction Delivery Methods. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2018.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 6, 2022

The government ratings generally track how a nation state’s exposure to and management of ESG risk factors might affect the sustainability and competitiveness of its economy. While there is some variation among advisors, the methodology often applies a 50%, 25% and 25% weight for governance, social and environmental factors, respectively.

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Defense Legal Regulation Sustainability 156

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 21, 2022

The net effect of using ACFs is lack of confidence among both the user base, and those responsible for obtaining and approving sustainment and new construction funding. Indeed, “broad cost factors for categories including facility type, and location are only accurate within -25+% to +40%” at best and 150%+ at worst. – GAO. References.

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Building Information Management

APRIL 5, 2013

. “New recommendations by a National Research Council (NRC) expert panel on green and sustainable building performance could lead to a revolution in building science by creating the first large building performance database” – Paul Fisette, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Sustainability Infrastructure Defense Contract 40

Green Building Law Update

MARCH 26, 2012

Correction: It is now clear to me that I misinterpreted the testimony of Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. Read more here: Defense Department to Adopt Green Code and LEED.

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Certification Defense Green Sustainability 136

BD+C

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The Natural Resources Defense Council has released The Green Edge: How Commercial Property Investment in Green Infrastructure Creates Value -- a first-ever illustrative and well-documented report that helps demonstrate the value of green infrastructure. Body Image: read more.

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Green Infrastructure Commercial Defense 91

Building Information Management

JULY 20, 2012

Green, yellow or red values were assigned for seven (7) metrics, with no overall score.Oddly the Department of Energy scored to “reds” for poor reductions in fleet petroleum use and poor progress in developing sustainable buildings. Department of Defense. Develop Agency Sustainability Plans. Department of Defense.

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Sustainability Security United States Tennessee 49

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

For years, in our sustainability law practice, we have assisted businesses manage carbon asset risk. Done correctly our work for a client is also a defense of capitalism by limiting the need for future government regulation. And it is not lost on us that calculating net zero emissions is ill defined, unregulated and complex.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 22, 2021

The “Social” components of ESG are among least measured factors in corporate sustainability despite being among the most impactful. There is no morally defensible reason for not doing everything in our power to end modern slavery and human trafficking. Additionally, it is suggested in the U.S.

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Legal Risk Sustainability California 177

Job Order Contracting

MAY 1, 2017

While it may be generally recognized that detailed line item construction task definition and associated costing methods provide the most beneficial and defensible form of information, there are multiple issues/concerns that must be considered in order to properly leverage and benefit from this highly refined level of construction costing.

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Green Building Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2012

Many people, including me , have noted that the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”), signed into law by President Obama on December 31, 2011, prohibits the Department of Defense (“DoD”) from using any appropriated funds to achieve the two highest levels of green building certification offered by the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 22, 2015

Judge England expressed exasperation at the FBI’s failure to turn over the evidence, which included e-mails and a letter from McDavid to an FBI informant that defense attorneys said would have bolstered their argument that he was entrapped and induced by sex. Image © GreenIsTheNewRed.com.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 29, 2011

In June, I reported on the Department of Defense Reauthorization bill that passed the House of Representatives. In the legislation, the Department of Defense was banned from pursuing LEED Gold or Platinum certification. After completing this study, the Department of Defense should use credible standards that more accurately assess U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 17, 2019

By selectively bundling existing sustainable and regenerative guidelines with RELi’s groundbreaking credits for emergency preparedness, adaptation, and community vitality, RELi 2.0 It acknowledges from the outset that things will go wrong. This is the drama of being alive. It’s a shift from wish-based optimism to reality-based hope.

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Certification Guidelines Defense New York 136

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 18, 2017

It is generally recognized that detailed line item construction task definition and associated costing methods provide the most beneficial and defensible form of information. Unit price line item cost data collection is expensive in terms of resources required to develop and maintain current and defensible information.

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Estimating Construction Defense Materials 100

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

By selectively bundling existing sustainable and regenerative guidelines with RELi’s groundbreaking credits for emergency preparedness, adaptation, and community vitality, RELi 2.0 Susan Dorn, the General Counsel of USGBC and GBCI could not be more emphatic, RELi 2.0 Resilience is becoming widely accepted. not RELi’s 500 year storm).

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Guidelines Certification Green Defense 168

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

“To truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry,” says Barry Giles, CEO of BRE America. “BRE There is no morally defensible reason for not doing everything in our power to end modern slavery.

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Equity Green Sustainability California 120

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

By selectively bundling existing sustainable and regenerative guidelines with RELi’s groundbreaking credits for emergency preparedness, adaptation, and community vitality, RELi 2.0 Susan Dorn, the General Counsel of USGBC and GBCI could not be more emphatic, RELi 2.0 Resilience is becoming widely accepted. not RELi’s 500 year storm).

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Guidelines Certification Green Drafting 180

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Notable about this case is the contractor’s invocation of a July 2, 2020 Department of Defense (DoD) memorandum concerning the financial consequences on contractors with firm-fixed-price contracts lacking an economic price adjustment clause during “historic and unprecedented challenges” in the wake of the pandemic’s onset.

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In my defense, I believe perfection is attainable only in nature, and that humans can strive for perfection, but never truly achieve it. That was Walsh’s philosophy, and one that only a few other teams of his era or any other were able to sustain. Strive for Perfection. Thu, 12/08/2022 - 10:39. Which is why they won.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

As I find my voice on this blog, please cut me a little slack because I commit to you this blog will be a valuable resource for sustainability and green building. I’m a sustainability and green building attorney and I have been doing this environmental ‘stuff’ for more than 25 years. I am a huge fan of LEED.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 26, 2023

The company focuses on innovation and sustainability, delivering cutting-edge solutions to enhance mobility and improve quality of life. Additionally, Ferrovial has ventured into urban mobility with initiatives like Zity, an electric car-sharing service that provides convenient and sustainable city transportation options.

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Construction Innovation Modeling Sustainability 52

Building Information Management

MARCH 12, 2013

Efficient project delivery methods such as JOC, Job Order Contracting, and SABER are an important element in the renovation, repair and sustainability of facilities. Source: Energy-Efficiency Standards and Green Building Certification Systems Used by the Department of Defense for Military Construction and Major Renovations, NRC.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 23, 2013

This facility represents a US Government investment of over $60 million the domestic manufacturing base for defense technology, funded by the Department of Defense Title III Program. Aerospace And Defense Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location California Daily News Featured Post Online Features U.S. -

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

2014, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings , addresses site sustainability; water-use efficiency; energy ef­ficiency; indoor environmental quality; and the building’s impact on the atmosphere, materials and resources. Last week the 2014 version of the ASHRAE 189.1

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Green Baltimore Life Cycle Sustainability 120

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

The reason for the dearth of court cases is not that there are no disputes and differences arising from green building design and construction, but rather that many, if not most of the contracts in sustainable construction require mandatory arbitration, in lieu of a judicial contest.

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