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Sustainable Sites Initiative Lawsuit is a Cautionary Tale

Green Building Law Update

In an all-out brawl within the environmental industrial complex, last week the American Society of Landscape Architects filed a lawsuit over the ownership of the trademark for the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) against the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center at the University of Texas. Green Building Council''s LEED rating system.

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7 ProCONNECT Events Scheduled for 2021

Pro Builder

7 ProCONNECT Events Scheduled for 2021. PROCONNECT EVENTS SCHEDULE. Sunday, May 9 to Tuesday, May 11 at the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas (limited to home builders from Texas and nearby Oklahoma). SINGLE FAMILY (Texas, Okla.). SUSTAINABILITY/WELLNESS/RESILIENCE. cbroderick. Wed, 10/07/2020 - 12:32. February 24-25.

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

The primary advantage of JOC has historically been is the flexibility permitted in ordered quantities and delivery scheduling. A public agency can place orders with one or more contractors when the actual need appears and received on-demand services from a vetted service provider. Flexibility in quantity and delivery scheduling.

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Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers | ENR.

ENR Construction

Sustainability. Survey Schedule. ENR Texas & Louisiana. Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers. I was recently asked to participate in a debate on scheduling specifications at Stanford University. Contractors routinely ignore scheduling specifications and their own CPM schedules.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

TEXAS FAST FACTS. After Firefly LED Lighting was acquired by a larger lighter company, Austin-based Convergence Wireless seemed a perfect next step for Amstel, who has lived in Austin for 27 years and started out as a facilities engineer at Texas Instruments. Amazon Puts Three New Warehouses In Texas. seamless mill.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The second most expansive state in the United States with the second largest population, Texas is home to more than 25 million people and features a diverse landscape of rivers, swamps, plains, mountains, woods and desert. Texas also has a well-earned reputation as the best state in the U.S. to do business. Rick Perry. And the U.S.

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How Industrialized Construction Is Changing the Way We Build   

Autodesk Construction Cloud

One way to dramatically improve productivity for construction and improve sustainability is to “productize” building systems and common building elements to enable the use of manufacturing methods, enable scale, and increase sustainability – these concepts are the core of Industrialized Construction (IC). . Infrastructure .