Green Building Law Update

MARCH 28, 2021

A cause is now known for bird deaths that eluded scientists for more than 25 years. It is beyond dispute that there are human activities that have a known negative impact on the natural environment, but sometimes events come together, only in part arising from human activities, to create unknown environmental consequences. During the winter of 1994, 29 bald eagles died at DeGray Lake in Arkansas, the largest undiagnosed mass mortality of bald eagles in the United States.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 28, 2021

#1 IPD isn’t new, it has around for decades. It is the lack of real property owner leadership and competency that has limited its use. As a result, facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction remains inefficient. #2 LEAN Job Order Contracting is IPD for repair, renovation, and maintenance, and and minor new construction. It consistently delivers quality projection on-time and on-budget when implemented and managed properly. #3 Lastly, BIM is simply a technology tool.

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BD+C

MARCH 28, 2021

A few years ago, the term Internet of Things (IoT) was ubiquitous in smart home technology lexicon. It represented the abundance of connectable devices that residents would potentially be bringing into their apartment homes for generations. Wide-eyed projections seemed unlimited. The industry just needed to find a way to accommodate it all.

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Natural Building

MARCH 28, 2021

I found this half hour video both encouraging and inspiring. The incredible story of how degraded gorse-infested farmland has been regenerated back into beautiful New Zealand native forest over the course of 30 years. This documentary is about Hinewai Nature Reserve, on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula, and its kaitiaki/manager of 30 years, botanist Hugh Wilson.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 28, 2021

Appellate judges uphold ban on rogue firm's fake use of AECOM-owned Morrison Knudsen name and record, but want damages reassessed.

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NH Construction Law

MARCH 28, 2021

For many years the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has implemented a Multi-Employer Citation Policy , under which more than one employer at a worksite – for example, a general contractor and a subcontractor – can be cited by OSHA for the same hazardous condition. If an employer “has general supervisory authority over the worksite, including the power to correct safety and health violations,” it will be deemed a “controlling employer” who,

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ENR Construction

MARCH 28, 2021

Appellate judges uphold ban on rogue firm's fake use of AECOM-owned Morrison Knudsen name and record, but want damage total reassessed.

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