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Net Zero Certification Program Announced by USGBC

Green Building Law Update

Net Zero Certified will be an enhancement or additional reward for LEED certified buildings. This will be calculated based on emissions produced from energy used plus emissions produced from transportation minus any offsets recognized by the LEED v4 EA category (both BD+C and O+M).

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The New Competitive Advantage: A Business Case for Sustainable Construction 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

” But beyond benefits for owners, green construction practices can reap significant rewards for contractors. Today, governments and private entities are increasingly implementing environmental regulations and incentives that reward companies for adopting sustainable practices.

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Demystifying carbon offsets vs direct reductions

BD+C

The total cost of ownership can be analyzed and calculated using energy modelling and standard accounting tools which are increasingly routine practice in the design process. Understandably, this has contributed to hesitancy among some investors who want certainty that the rewards of their undertaking will justify the risks.

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What Is an RFQ in Construction?

Levelset

General contractors could then send RFQs to various subcontractors to calculate the costs for specialized work on the building. However, it is in the vendor’s best interest to provide fair and accurate pricing information — otherwise, they are unlikely to get rewarded with a contract later on. .

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Trade shows on the cheap — Can you do it?

Construction Marketing Ideas

Contrast these costs with the rewards. You can also quite easily calculate your show costs — so then you can calculate your cost per lead and cost per sale. (One show site I know charges almost $500 for three days access to an Internet Wi-Fi account, that for all practical purposes, should be free.).

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Improving Renovation, Repair, and Maintenance Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Quantifiable: for ease of aggregation, calculation, and comparison. Shared and acceptable levels of risk/reward. Inexpensive to Collect: small sample sizes adequate. Balanced: qualitative/quantitative, multiple perspectives. Appropriate: measures the right things. Efficient: can draw multiple conclusions out of dataset.

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Construction Cost Estimating Trends – 2014 and Beyond

Building Information Management

Risk and reward are value-based balanced among all participants/constituencies. Decision support systems will be outcome-driven with life cycle cost, performance, function, and reuse consideration appropriately weighted. Collaboration, communication, documentation, and transparency will be the norm.