Thoughts on construction law from Christopher G. Hill, Virginia construction lawyer, LEED AP, mediator, and member of the Virginia Legal Elite in Construction Law

Category Archives: Green Building

Building the Secondary Market for Reclaimed Building Materials

Originally posted 2011-07-22 16:00:06. For this week’s guest post Friday, Musings welcomes Mark Rabkin of Deconstruction Management, Inc., the first, dedicated, for-profit deconstruction management firm in the country.  Based in Northeast Ohio, it through all stages of building removal from property acquisition to deconstruction to recycling and architectural salvage. With 10 years of professional experience

Greening Risks and Rewards- An Insurance Perspective (Part II)

Originally posted 2009-08-28 09:00:00. For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Musings has a real treat.  Martha Sperry (@advocatesstudio on Twitter) is an attorney with extensive experience in the insurance industry. Martha’s clients have included underwriters and agents representing Lloyd’s syndicates, third party administrators and agents and various foreign and domestic insurers and reinsurers. Martha has

Green Construction Claims: More of the Same

Originally posted 2011-04-01 09:00:04. For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Musings welcomes back Timothy R. Hughes, Esq., LEED AP.  Tim (@timrhughes on Twitter) is a Shareholder in the Arlington, Virginia firm of Bean, Kinney & Korman, P.C. In his practice as a business, corporate, and construction law attorney, Tim was the Chair of the Construction

Why not Embrace Green Building?

Originally posted 2011-04-22 09:00:47. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome Michael Matson (@thegreenbuilder ).  Michael  is the owner of Alternative Building Services, a general contracting firm in Northern California that specilizes in green building design, renovation, and new construction. He has been involved in the construction industry for

LEEDigation: A Different Take

Originally posted 2015-01-30 09:48:16. This weeks Guest Post Friday at Musings is a real treat. Sara Sweeney is a registered architect, LEED AP and GreenFaith Fellow in religious environmental leadership. Her 18-year architectural career reflects her passion and commitment to sustainable building design and stewardship of our natural environment. She is the founder of EcoVision