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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

Client names and other specific references are omitted to protect the not so innocent.). Responding to consultant email and draft report of Phase II environmental site assessment. Reviewing and approving quotes in draft third party journal article on defects in green building contracts. Lunch with prospective client].

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

Lets Build

It requires written standards that can be referred to at any time by employees, sub-contractors, and clients alike. A construction quality management plan should be drafted as a standard document, to be applied to all future projects. Construction quality management is broadly similar to project management. Creating a plan.

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LEED Creates Business Opportunities Beyond The Environmental Industrial Complex

Green Building Law Update

From snow removal to legal services and office cleaning to landscaping with literally hundreds of business sectors in between, business not traditionally thought of as being in the construction field or the environmental industrial complex, are profiting by being green and marketing their contribution to LEED credits.

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How to Avoid Disputes in Construction

Construction Marketing

What follows next is a fierce legal battle that puts both the contractor and the investor on the losing end. 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. Put It in Writing.

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Not So Severable After All: Third Circuit Lets Courts Determine Arbitration Agreement Existence When Underlying Contract’s Validity Is Challenged

Constructlaw

New Jersey Building Laborers Statewide Benefits Funds , [1] the Third Circuit held that the courts must decide questions of arbitrability in cases where a party challenges the validity of the underlying contract that contains the arbitration agreement — even when the putative arbitration agreement refers these questions to the arbitrators.

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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

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A well-versed representative is also familiar with OSHA’s own internal procedures for handling an OSHA inspection, the Field Inspection Reference Manual or FIRM at [link]. Consulting with the company’s legal counsel about difficult or special problems, such as search warrants or subpoenas.

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PFOA Contamination is Found in 49 States

Green Building Law Update

PFOAs are very persistent in the environment and in the human body, meaning they don’t break down, accumulating over time, and as such have been referred to ‘forever chemicals’ making them an emergent environmental priority. The EPA reports, “there is evidence that exposure to PFAS can lead to adverse health outcomes. In the U.S.

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