Being a successful green building contractor no longer requires that you just have the most experienced team in green construction. There is strong evidence that the current economic climate is increasingly forcing contractors to commit to project budgets that are often only slightly more for green buildings than for traditional buildings.

A recent Northwest Construction magazine article reported that one company has been doing sustainable and green construction up to the platinum level for just 1.5% higher costs than a traditional building. This is a very bold claim that may increase everyone's risk of not meeting the project budget, schedule, or quality expectations. Is it plausible that robust green buildings (which certainly are what a platinum level would be) can be built for little, or no, cost increase over standard construction? Is it possible that a high-performance green building with energy savings of 35%+ and the incorporation of numerous innovative materials can be designed for no additional costs?

Implicit with this new marketplace economic environment are the requirements to take additional steps to control costs, reduce risks, and meet the demanding performance goals of a green building even more important than in normal economic times. These requirements are presenting a dilemma for everyone: how to build quickly, innovatively, and inexpensively without compromising quality and performance to the point where increased building failures and lawsuits occur.

While the concern about green building risks is growing, the claims of being able to design and construct it for virtually no additional costs are also growing. This training CD program will provide you with important information about the five items you need to address to reduce risks on these innovative, lean-budget, and high-performance buildings:

1. Taking on liability for the emerging long-term building performance requirements that many green rating systems are beginning to implement.
    
2. Identifying LEED credits in your project that may add minimal value but may dramatically increase risk on how has your building's complexity increased because of Green design and construction? Complexity = greater chance of building failure.
    
3. Using new green products that have a very limited in-field service history.
    
4. Implementing innovative and largely new technical practices with little expertise that result in increased chance of construction deficiencies. 
    
5. Codification of green that is occurring in our industry (like the ASHRAE 189.1P Standard) and how this driver influences your risk in the constructed project.

Purchase this training CD and you will learn how to:

1. Identify the increased risk in your green designed and constructed project due to use of innovative products
2. Help you identify LEED credits in your project that may add minimal value but may dramatically increase risk
3. Give you a better understanding of the technical concerns of green building failures

Who Will Benefit?

This training CD is a must if you're a design professional, engineer, architect, owner, contractor, subcontractor or attorney.  
Purchase now to gain a better understanding of how to build quickly, innovatively, and inexpensively without compromising quality and performance.

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