Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Last Thursday the EPA and Department of the Army announced that the agencies are repealing a 2015 rule that had proposed to expand the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. Despite claims from some activists that “the sky is falling” with this change in environmental regulation, the real impact will be little more than the acorn that fell on Chicken Little’s head, because the agencies are at the same time recodifying the longstanding and accepted regulatory defin

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United States Regulation Legal Claims 185

The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Guidelines for the construction of concrete foundations can be obtained from Building Codes such as American Concrete Institute and Indian Standards,

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Guidelines Foundation Concrete Construction 189

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

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CSI Construction Procurement Documentation 116

Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

The contract for the Houston-to-Dallas line adds to existing engineering, design and preconstruction work the team has done under the management of Bechtel in the hopes of starting construction next year.

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Houston Dallas Agreement Design 94

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Construction Marketing Ideas

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Over the years in this blog, I’ve often expressed exasperation about the architectural, engineering and construction industry’s approach to marketing and business development. I asserted that far too many contractors and professional services rely on public bid opportunities or simple inertia through repeat business with existing clients.

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Bidding IDEA Architecture Environment 61

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Will issues of private seizure of state land on the $1B PennEast project and others head for the US Supreme Court?

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US 53

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Foundation-funded effort aims to push owners and specifiers to scrutinize product origins and stiffen specs, RFPs and contracts.

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Materials Foundation Industrial Contract 32