Construction Marketing

MARCH 28, 2022

As people become more aware of the harm and dangers caused by climate change, businesses and individuals alike are believed to be starting to make the switch to sustainable practices. This movement is said to be currently being applied to many premises that are present in a large span of industries. You’re not alone though.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 14, 2023

Autodesk University 2023, a top construction industry event, comes back to The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13-15. Each year, the conference explores themes relating to the future of the construction industry and provides excellent educational, professional development, and networking opportunities to attendees.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

A green building friendly zoning ordinance is significant when so many local codes including land use ordinances across the country stand in the way of sustainability efforts. Last month, the City Planning Commission approved a draft Code focusing on sustainability recommending adoption by the City Council.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 18, 2015

“Professionally, I learned early in my career from people who applied the concept of stewardship to everything they do – whether it’s volunteer leadership, politics, the environment or industry.”. All of which gives her street cred in the green building industrial complex. Leave it in a better way than you found it.”.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Before being pulled, the proposed LEED 2012 rating system went through a lengthy, unexpected vetting process, culminating in a fourth draft. The USGBC has also been stuck in a long standing siege with the wood industry. On the other side is the non-FSC timber industry -- those wood providers that can't attain FSC certification.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 5, 2015

With the Town water system running out of water, the Town created a Groundwater Conservation District “encouraging environmentally sensitive and sustainable ‘green’ design and construction methods, minimizing impervious surface, maximizing groundwater recharge and protecting the aquifer.”

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In a recent review of contracts involving green building construction projects, less than 20% had properly drafted provisions addressing green building matters. The methodology was admittedly unscientific, if only in that the sample was too small given the large number of sustainable building being erected across the country.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

The existing SEC climate change disclosures require significant work and depending upon the industry can be quite onerous and expensive. but this proposed disclosure regulation is not about analysis of climate change risks?). Such should also be anticipated for GHG specific emissions disclosures.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

The existing SEC climate change disclosures require significant work and depending upon the industry can be quite onerous and expensive. but this proposed disclosure regulation is not about analysis of climate change risks?). Such should also be anticipated for GHG specific emissions disclosures.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 5, 2021

As the volume of project data continues to grow , and global collaboration in the AEC industry becomes increasingly common, it’s more important than ever that the processes we have are scalable and sustainable. . Data standards are important to have in the AEC industry because they enable team members to collaborate effectively.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Modern slavery exists in every industry, in every country in the world. If businesses, including in the real estate industry look hard enough, they will find it in their supply chains. found construction as one of the top 25 industries where slavery takes place today. It is no longer acceptable to look the other way.

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GCP Applied Technologies

MAY 31, 2018

The ASTM C94 was initially drafted in 1935 as the governing standard for ready mix concrete , also to clarify items omitted in purchase agreements or project specifications. Within the last two decades, however, the concrete industry has undergone quite a rapid technological evolution. Sustainability. Industrial facilities.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Jim Lynch started the session by highlighting the industry’s top issues and commending construction professionals for their resilience and ability to deliver great work despite numerous challenges. . He also touched on the role of sustainability and the increased demand for eco-friendly materials and building methods.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

Today is the day to revise your contracts for sustainable projects. 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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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 4, 2011

Industry News. Industry Statistics. When I started working in the industry we still used payphones to call the office from the “field” We used paper estimates, a calculator and copy machines. We needed this recession to help reset wages and prices back to a more normalized (thus sustainable) rate.

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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. That may sound self serving, but it is true.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

Today is the day to revise your contracts for sustainable projects. 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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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 28, 2016

. “This refers, in particular, to the development of oil and gas fields, the use of the Northern Sea Route as the shortest cargo transit route between Europe and Asia, and the development of industrial, transport and tourist infrastructure.” The protocol was immediately endorsed by Guggenheim Partners, which helped to draft it.

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Document Management: Avetta ® collects, verifies, and provides your supplier safety and sustainability information to their clients. That’s why is so important to always stay up to date with your Avetta ® compliance, so that you can be at the top of the list in your industry. Avetta provides 4 main services: 1. What is DocuGUARD?

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Building Information Management

MAY 16, 2012

The BIM Evolution Continues with OPEN BIM Draft V8 20120131. The benefits include centralizedand visual communication, early exploration of options, sustainability, efficient design, integration of disciplines, site control, as built documentation, etc. buildingSMART Data Dictionary. buildingSMART Data model. What is BIM?

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Contractor Magazine

JUNE 15, 2012

These investments enable us to maximize our efforts, bring new innovation to our industry and expand our US organization” said Mark D’Agostino, President and CEO of Wilo USA, “This commitment to the Wilo USA family is a powerful message of long-term and sustainable growth.” Lifetime planning with a twist.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 21, 2013

The 2007 report found “unequivocal” evidence of warming, but equivocated on responsibility, stating the chances were “at least 90 percent” that human activities were a major cause of a 41-percent rise in greenhouse gases since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. percent and that climate-change has become a self-sustaining phenomenon.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

As always at LiveXchange, corporate delegates bearing projects and economic development agency representatives also were treated to incisive presentations on critical site selection issues from an all-star lineup of industry experts. By the time BF Publisher and Group C Media co-President Ted Coene gave his closing remarks on Oct.

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Safety Services Company

MAY 3, 2018

Safety Services Company can help make sure you are qualified to work for all the hiring customers in your industry that are looking for contractors just like you. When a company hires a contractor or supplier, they are obligated to ensure they meet safety and sustainability requirements. Don’t get left behind. THE PROBLEM.

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Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

In other words, for FRTW to burn, it must be exposed to a persistently applied, external fuel source, without which FRTW cannot ignite and sustain combustion. ft) flame under controlled conditions of draft and temperature onto the surface of a 7.4-m who has more than 15 years of experience in the forest products industry.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 12, 2014

logistics and transportation industry totaled $1.33 Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Hours of Service (HOS) rule that went into effect on July 1, 2013 could create a reduction in industry productivity, projecting the need for another 100,000 drivers without an increase in shipping volume.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 5, 2023

More than just a list of people, Autodesk's 40 Under 40 initiative celebrates some of the brightest pros in our industry. Under his guidance, Amstein+Walthert is now recognized as a technology leader and modern employer in the Swiss construction industry. Case in point: our annual 40 Under 40: Champions of Construction roundup.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 7, 2021

Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40. For example, starting in the industry with no home-selling experience and rising to be a top producer, division manager, or even developing and leading the training regimen for new salespeople. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 15:02. Jude Dream Home Giveaway Home in 2010.

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Contractor Magazine

JULY 27, 2012

IAPMO and ASSE are now working together to draft a legally binding document for the transition. Its professional membership develops and maintains both product and professional qualification standards for the plumbing and mechanical industry. Posted 2 weeks ago in Sustainably Speaking. 17, in Philadelphia. plumbing.org.

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Building Information Management

AUGUST 6, 2013

Providing the opportunity for the kind of collaboration that the construction industry so badly needs… Design-Build has a spectrum, ranging from almost as dysfunctional … all the way to almost as collaborative as Integrated Project Delivery. Shifting Design-Build toward IPD. JOC Process.

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ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

industry jobs. Power & Industrial. Sustainability. Officials said that, by highlighting a preferred “blueprint,” they could help end the long and bitter “water wars” that have divided the state between agricultural interests, the fishing industry and environmentalists, among others. contact us.

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Pro Builder

JULY 15, 2021

As part of the air barrier assembly, a building wrap can reduce drafts, increase occupant comfort and reduce energy use by decreasing the amount of non-conditioned air entering and exiting conditioned wall cavities.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 3, 2015

And that same month USGBC announced that it had acquired the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), an organization committed to assessing the sustainability performance of real estate portfolios around the globe. But the old name remains in statutes and contracts and more.

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Work Gearz

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Carbon fiber polymer is stronger than industrial-grade steel and denser than most other materials. Carbon fiber polymer has all the qualities that can protect the lives of thousands and thousands of construction workers by preventing injuries that can be sustained to the head. The modified guidelines are drafted as ANSI Z89.1-2014.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

It is surprising to many in the environmental industrial complex that there has been relatively little litigation arising out of green building. And there is no question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. Legal scholars can have at it. The Supreme Court, in American Express v.

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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. And while much of the recent discourse has been about contracts with consumers, alternative dispute resolution provisions, including those requiring arbitration are common in construction industry contracts.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 26, 2019

The last review, in 2012, shook the green building industrial complex to its foundations, when it not only recommended LEED (that had previously been the sole option), but also recommended Green Globes. GSA is now undertaking the next 5 year review and last week released a draft report of its recommendations. LEED, version 4.0.

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