I love seeing a case zig zag through the appellate process … and I especially enjoy reading one where intermediate appellate court reverses the trial court and the highest court then reverses that intermediate appellate court. I know, I’m sick.
In a decision released yesterday, Goff v. Elmo Greer & Sons Construction Company, the Supreme Court of Tennessee reversed
Not many things in life are free. So you can imagine my excitement over the weekend when I received an email to attend a free sneak preview webinar featuring Robert Watson, the "Father of LEED." Better yet … you are invited, too!
Join this fast paced live 60 minute free webinar to hear a
I have my Google reader set to search various blogs, news sites, and Twitter feeds to help me keep current with the latest trends in the construction industry. There remains one major problem: the words we use have different meanings for everyone.
Take, for example, my search of Twitter feeds (above) for Building Information Modeling (BIM). If you were to do
Living in the SEC at this time of the year is exciting! The competition is fierce and everyone has their favorite. And I am not talking about football . . .
Last week, I highlighted that Tennessee Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey was speaking to a group of contractors in Nashville at the annual convention for the Associated General Contractors of Tennessee. At
You’ve read the play on words: LEEDing the way … In the LEED … LEEDership … and even LEEDigation. In an address to a room full of contractors, suppliers, and (a few) attorneys on Thursday afternoon, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville) said that the state is committed to being a leader of sustainability in the South: "Honestly
There has been a lot of talk recently about measuring a green building’s performance after construction has been completed. Last week, I highlighted what the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) had to say about the issue. On Monday, Mireya Navarro of the New York Times wrote a lengthy article about green buildings not living up to their performance
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 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
Which is worse: (a) one lawyer in a room of one hundred architects; or (b) one architect in a room of one hundred lawyers?
Two weeks ago I found myself in the first category (… although I’m sure that I was not the only shark in the room …) at a local United States Green Building Council (USGBC) meeting
Today’s post was written by François Lévy, an architect, author and professor. Lévy maintains a blog, Sustainable Architecture, which he describes as a collection of short and thought-provoking essays on sustainability and architecture. Lévy resides in Austin, Texas with his wife and three children.
As an architect and a concerned citizen, I am