Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The best way to mitigate risk in your green building project are properly drafted contract documents prepared by this law firm or by another attorney with green building experience. As I posted in this blog less than a year ago, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts are Properly Drafted. The document is simply that good.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 6, 2016

The myriad of requirements, specifications, documents, data types, inter-relationships, and dependencies encountered throughout the life-cycle of built structures demands would be better understood and managed if based upon common terms, definitions, and data structures.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 2, 2018

Annoyed, you draft a denial. Some documents may be downright embarrassing to you or your colleagues. Unfortuately, a week after completion, you receive a claim letter from the other side. They file suit. You now face years of litigation in which you will recount, in painstaking detail, every single contested aspect of the project.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing (CEIR) has released the first public draft of PV Racking and Attachment Criteria for Effective Low Slope Metal Panel Roof System Integration for an initial round of public comment.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

It is beyond dispute that the best way to mitigate risk in a sustainable project is a properly drafted contract. And while this law firm makes a business of drafting and revising contact documents, there are very good contracts available in the marketplace.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Contract Administrator issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) to JOC contractor (alternately process can require contractor to submit a draft detailed SOW for owner review prior to issuance of RFP). Any required documentation and/or forms. Proposal form contractor is due within established timeline. Owner regularly inspects the site.

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Constructlaw

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The full document is available at [link]. The document details a Standard Clause providing sample language for the parties to a domestic U.S. Access full document (PDF). Accreditation: An extract from Thomas Reuters Practical Law. or international construction agreement to agree to arbitration of disputes.

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Lets Build

JULY 7, 2023

We’ll explore how you can use ChatGPT in your construction company to improve communication, scheduling, document management, safety, and more. Off-site, it fosters remote collaboration, facilitates decision-making, and supports documentation reviews. Free eBook: Quick guide to Lean practices for construction professionals 1.

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Lets Build

JULY 7, 2023

We’ll explore how you can use ChatGPT in your construction company to improve communication, scheduling, document management, safety, and more. Off-site, it fosters remote collaboration, facilitates decision-making, and supports documentation reviews. Free eBook: Quick guide to Lean practices for construction professionals 1.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 13, 2017

What is described here is much more than simply good drafting of consultant contacts (e.g., Be aware, however, only where the document or communication is primarily concerned with legal assistance does it come within the attorney-client privilege. And fourth, the client should not have knowledge of certain environmental facts.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 3, 2023

The winning contractor is bound by all of the contract documentation, including the construction drawings. They are not usually a part of the official contract documents, and may occasionally be produced during the course of construction as necessary. Interested in streamlining your document management?

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 6, 2021

What documentation, forms are required? Who assesses the impact of the proposed changes? Who reviews the proposed change and its impact for initial approval ? How is the change implemented? What information is used in the process?

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Construction Specifier

JUNE 19, 2020

In other instances, mixing different items can have adverse results, and may need expert guidance (the author acknowledges the advice and comments on drafts of this article from Gerard Cavaluzzi, Esq., Consequences of improperly coordinated construction documents. vice-president and general counsel at Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc.,

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 18, 2022

Jump to release details by type: Document Management Releases. Save unfinished workflows as drafts. Visual enhancement to payment application document templates. Document Management Releases. All required fields do not need to be filled for the draft to be saved. Check out the latest Autodesk Build releases below.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2019

You should actually draft an agreement that states what each party will do and the action that should be taken against any party that fails to comply with the laid out rules. Before the agreement is signed by all the parties, you should ensure that the document has been reviewed by a lawyer. Discuss Potential Risks in Advance.

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Cassell Construction Estimating

APRIL 20, 2015

Work Products and Documents. Work Products and Documents is an extremely useful and highly underutilized feature in Primavera P6. The work products and documents functionality provides a detailed list of references associated with the project. These documents are divided into two distinct areas, work products, and documents.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

And there is no question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. With over a million contract documents licensed on an annual basis, the AIA’s form construction documents are the most widely used contract documents in the industry. Legal scholars can have at it.

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DebunkTheBIM

JANUARY 17, 2011

The basic principles of A3 based ‘picture book documenting’ are not that different from traditional drafting, the aim being to achieve: 1. An accurate and complete record of the designer’s intentions 2. Easily understood by all concerned 3. Comprehensive and sufficiently detailed for its purpose (LOD) 4.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Level 0 : Level 0 entails basically no collaboration, and only 2D CAD drafting is used. Level 1 : Level 1 BIM is a combination of 3D CAD and 2D for drafting. Data and documents are shared via a common data environment. Each stakeholder or contractor maintains their own data and documents. BIM Execution Plan.

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DebunkTheBIM

MARCH 26, 2020

As a 55-year-old – glasses wearing – always scribbling – learned to draft with Rapidographs (Rotring) 40 years ago - architect, trust me, I’ve tried every excuse to hang onto it. As in, Microsoft Office Word document. I use One Word Document for my general Notebook taking and it sits on OneDrive. Make a clear cut now!

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Construction Lawyer

JANUARY 28, 2014

Nordic PCL Construction , provides a lesson in how not to draft construction agreements. Subsequently, Safeway made further revisions to various contract documents, including an AIA Document A101-1997 and A201-1997. The final executed documents contain numerous modifications to the standard form AIA documents.

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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. With over a million contract documents licensed on an annual basis, the AIA’s form construction documents are likely the most widely used contract documents in the industry.

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Lets Build

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A construction quality management plan should be drafted as a standard document, to be applied to all future projects. In the same way, Excel isn’t suitable for running complex construction projects , one document may not cover all eventualities or project types. Creating a plan.

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FDR Safety

MARCH 19, 2020

Responding to all document and other information requests by the OSHA inspector. Good documentation of what happened during the inspection is essential to refuting any citation issued. During the Opening Conference, or some time during the inspection, the inspector will ask to see certain records and documents.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Portions of the current draft of a new American Institute of Steel Construction ( AISC ) standard, “Seismic Provisions for Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Structural Steel Buildings (AISC 342),” are available for public review. It is expected to replace Chapter 9 of that document.

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Construction Lawyer

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

His book, Legal Guide to AIA Documents, published by Aspen Publishing, is in its fifth edition. The new AIA Documents and Arbitration - What Rules Apply? New AIA documents and Arbitration. Much is being written about the 2007 AIA Documents, which were released in early November. » November 08, 2007.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 16, 2017

The White House has released the first draft of President Trump's America First - A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again and in it is a 13-percent cut to the Department of Transportation's funding.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 24, 2016

The transaction involved numerous discussions and emails, including four drafts of a letter of intent from Buyer to Seller for purchase of a piece of property. None of the drafts of the letter were signed by Buyer. ” Second, claims succeed or fail based upon the documentation. He will get back to us tomorrow.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, in the draft document expected to be approved in the coming days, RELi 2.0 is made clear by the draft’s own words, “[t]he RELi 2.0 RELi Special Reports issued by CMP and Perkins+Will in 2017 documented existing resilience costs of $6.8

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Lets Build

APRIL 21, 2023

Equipment used: Document any equipment or machinery present, how many hours they were used, and if any heavy machinery was left idle that day. Why handwritten progress reports don’t cut it No site manager enjoys creating daily construction reports, but the process is especially time-consuming if you manually draft them.

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Lets Build

APRIL 29, 2022

A punch list (also sometimes referred to as a snag list, a deficiency list, or a punch-out list) is the document used to check that every single remaining task on a project has been done—think of it as a to-do list for the final stages of a project. Discover construction management software and digitize your punch lists.

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Construction Lawyer

JANUARY 30, 2014

17, 2013), demonstrates the difficulty faced by parties in drafting appropriate forum selection provisions in construction agreements. The prime agreement between Weisel and Ryan consisted of an AIA Document A111 (presumably a 1997 version) and an AIA Document A201 (also presumably the 1997 version). Dist, Sept.

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Constructlaw

AUGUST 8, 2023

For example, AI is poised to assist counsel to identify potentially relevant and material documentary evidence, assist with document disclosure tasks, conduct legal research, analyze transcripts, and other activities that previously took countless hours to complete in a matter of minutes.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 6, 2020

The draft Ordinance is essential reading for anyone interested in environmental matters in our current climate. The carbon tax fee exhibit is a separate document. A public comment period is now open through noon on January 4, 2021. Comment here. The mayor of Portland Ted Wheeler has said he will sign the bill.

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Construction Lawyer

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

His book, Legal Guide to AIA Documents, published by Aspen Publishing, is in its fifth edition. « New AIA documents and Arbitration | Main. The new AIA Documents and Arbitration - What Rules Apply? For example, AIA Document B101, Owner-Architect Agreement, states: § 8.3.1 So what, you might ask. Absolutely!

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 8, 2017

Each team member is responsible for their area of competence, task, and documentation. Classification Criticality – Architecture, Engineering, Construction, & Life-cycle Facility Management – A Draft White Paper. Owner provides LEADERSHIP and the team collaborates to resolve any inconsistencies or conflicts.

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FDR Safety

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Not only will the data be online and searchable, the underlying documents will be public records subject to disclosure to the media, plaintiffs’ lawyers, and competitors. OSHA intends to upload all of this data to a publicly searchable website.

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