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Thoughts on Standard of Care?

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Christopher G. Hill • 7 Comments

Business of Construction, Green Building

Originally posted 2017-01-01 10:00:24.

I had a great chat Friday with Shari Shapiro of the Green Building Law blog. The topic of discussion was whether the general standard of care in construction that includes knowing and building to the building code encompasses meeting LEED benchmarks found in some but far from all codes.

I posted onto my Tumblr and Posterous pages looking to get thoughts and got such a good reaction that I felt I had to post here. I can see both sides of this issue. On the one hand, standard of care has always gone to fitness for its purpose and not to aesthetics and energy efficiency. On the other, if the building code says to meet certain LEED benchmarks (NY for instance), it could be a part of the standard of care.

The real issue is that this should never be left to chance and any LEED issues need to be dealt with in a contract.

Please join the discussion and let me know any thoughts that this may generate. Also, check out the blogs on my blog roll including Shari’s! Thanks.

Go Green or Go Home!

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Christopher G. Hill • 4 Comments

Business of Construction, Green Building

The more I examine the construction landscape, the more green building makes sense. As argued by Chris Cheatham at Green Building Law Update, customers want it. Set aside all of the environmental and political reasons for building green (less oil dependence and the corresponding dependence on middle eastern interests, “global warming” and the like), and

Another Bandaid from Washington? (Thoughts on the Stimulus Package)

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Christopher G. Hill • 2 Comments

Announcements, Business of Construction, Green Building

In another insightful post from Shari Shapiro and the corresponding story at GreenBiz.com at Green Building Law Blog, Shari points out that the stimulus package looks at the present and the past without looking toward the future. The proposed stimulus is nothing short of unsurprising. It focuses very much on bailing out and shoring up

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