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Builders Instituting Lender Liability Lawsuits
The Wall Street Journal reports that the "love affair" between lenders and builders that existed during the housing boom is over, and the lender liability lawsuits that characterized the real-estate...
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Mobile Art Pavilion will make stop in Central Park - Then Disappear...
According to a story in the July 24 New York Times, a traveling art building (of sorts) designed by London architect Zaha Hadid is heading to Central Park this fall. The "Mobile Art" pavilion will...
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NC Court of Appeals Holds That Risk Allocation Provision Does Not Violate...
Indemnification and limitation of liability provisions are commonplace in construction contracts. By statute in North Carolina (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 22B–1 (2007)), any contractual agreement relating to...
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Centralizing International Study on Campus: FedEx Global Education Center at...
As noted in the "Buildings and Grounds" blog of The Chronicle of Higher Education, and recently highlighted at the Society for College and University Planning’s annual conference in Montreal,...
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Mutual Waiver of Consequential Damages Re-Visited
From an Owner's perspective, the mutual waiver of consequences damages that was introduced into the AIA standard form design and construction contracts in 1997 and survives in the 2007 edition of these...
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The Hidden Risks of Going Green
In a recent article entitled "The Hidden Risks of Green Buildings: Avoiding Moisture and Mold Problems", authors J. David Odom, Richard Scott and George H. DuBose of the Liberty Building Forensics...
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Couple Runs Afoul with Implied Warranty of Habitability
A recent NC case arises from an Outer Banks construction lot in Duck, which according to an online resource on Duck is a town established in the 1870’s and named for the many ducks and water fowl in...
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BIM for Facilities Management
Today I listened in on a webinar presented by Autodesk on the subject of BIM in Facilities Management. Although I am a construction lawyer, not an architect or a facilities manager, I could readily see...
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Another Construction Nightmare
The Womble Carlyle Fair Labor Standards Act Law Blog chronicles the Act with a particular emphasis on the southeast United States. In a blog entry posted yesterday, Charlie Edwards focuses on the...
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First Measure to Link Transportation Funding to Urban Planning
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that a revolutionary bill has just passed both houses of the California legislature and is on its way to Governor Schwarzenegger's desk for his signature or...
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California's Green Building Standard
California's Green Building Standard, adopted by the California Building Standards Commission on July 18, 2008, appears to remain the only state-wide green building standard in existence --- which is...
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House Energy Bill Seeks Improved Energy Efficiency and Green Development for...
On Tuesday of last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the much talked about energy bill, H.R. 6899, by a vote of 236 to 189. Politicians and the press have spent a great deal of energy...
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Zero Trans fat Homes?
Michelle Kaufmann, an architect known for her line of prefab homes, recently proposed a standardized "nutrition" label to communicate the benefits of a green building to potential buyers. She notes...
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Housing Construction Decline Hits Long-time Construction Supply Company
Stock Building Supply, established 86 years ago in Raleigh, North Carolina as Carolina Builders, "is slashing 3,000 jobs and closing 86 facilities in six states as it struggles with the biggest housing...
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Architects Feel the Hit
A recent article in Architectural Record describes the economic downturn's effect on design firms, and the gloomy forecast for the forseeable future. According to the article, retail and hotel building...
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Ten Battle-tested Rules for Communicating Well in Hard Times
The line of organizations delivering bad news these days is a long one. And with the financial market challenges causing a ripple effect across the broader economy, that line may be long across America...
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AASHE Conference Highlights Sustainability Agenda, Colleges and Local...
The second biennial conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) was held at the new Raleigh (NC) Convention Center from November 9-12. The purpose of...
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Infrastructure Projects In the Obama Administration --- a Bright Spot In An...
From the early days of his presidential campaign, President-Elect Obama has emphasized the importance, and priority, of rebuilding our nation's infrastructure. At first, this was not particularly tied...
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Entrepreneur Removes Home From the Power Grid with the Help of LEDs
Eric Taub of the New York Times posted an interesting story this morning about Dean Kamen, the eccentric inventor of the Segway scooter. Mr. Kamen owns a small, three-acre island off the coast of...
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Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) Releases Online Safety Proposals
The Family Online Safety Institute ("FOSI") released its report Making Wise Choices Online in which it provides a survey of ongoing initiatives to ensure the safety of children using the Internet as...
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