When discussing the short and long term building performance of a green project, the issue generally comes down to the following question: Is there any identifiable or measurable gap between the predicted building performance (in the design and construction phases) and the actual bulding performance (during occupancy, operation and maintenance)? This issue has been addressed in
A Little Game of Tag: Contractual Waivers of the Automatic Stay in Construction Contracts
What does a little game of tag have to do with construction contracts? If you ever come by my house on a Saturday afternoon, you will find about 10-15 kids running through my backyard playing the "You’re it!" sensation. Oftentimes, when I am sitting on the back deck with a cool glass of iced tea
Nashville Ordinance Seeks to Allow Alternative to LEED Certification
A few weeks ago I tweeted about the local building code in Nashville "under review." Actually, those words were a little weak. What about these words: "Contractor Leads Attack Against Nashville’s LEED Legislation" … the exact words used by my colleague Stephen Del Percio, attorney and author of Green Real Estate Law Journal
First Wisconsin … Now Texas … States Adopt BIM for Design and Construction on Public Projects
In July 2009, Wisconsin (through its Division of State Facilities) became the first state to require BIM on large public projects. The details were highlighted in a previous post.
Yesterday, the Texas Facilities Commission (TFC) announced its adoption of BIM for state design and construction projects. The state has diligently worked to standardize the use of BIM
Project Management: Lessons Learned from My Belt Collection
After an extra long day at work, it is easy to come home … take off my tie and belt and shoes … pile them in the corner … and collapse on the couch for a few moments of rest. For many years, I would leave my things piled in that dining room corner and I would usually pick
Post-Recession Recovery: Can BIM Save the Day? What About Twitter?
I know that title sounds odd. Before you start flooding my email box with comments about the practicality of Building Information Modeling (BIM) or the utility of social networking like Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn in the construction industry, consider the life of the personal computer:
Were you around in the 1980s during the microcomputer wars between Commodore