Below is a listing of the stories in this month's DATELINE, organized by categories. The full text is available to DBIA members through the mail.
Featured Stories
Sustainable Design-Build Projects in California 
By Carey McLeod, AIA
For years, California has been home to television and movie industry giants including The Walt Disney Company, Paramount/DreamWorks, Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBC Universal, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Brothers (Time Warner).
Green and Growing
By Gerrit Reinders and Barbara Haig
Name your poison: High prices for steel, copper, and other commodities. Rising energy costs. Federal, state, and local mandates to reduce energy. Public pressure for corporate social responsibility. Employee demands for better indoor environment quality.
Leveraging Sustainable Construction Knowledge on Design-Build Projects
By Michael H. Pulaski, Ph.D., and Gunnar Hubbard
The green building movement can no longer be classified as a rapidly emerging industry. This industry has successfully emerged and is now growing steadily in the market place.
Design-Build Methodology Well-Suited to Lead the Green Revolution
By Hill Burgess, AIA, LEED AP
Less than a decade ago the term "green building" might have evoked whimsical connotations of elaborate tree houses or hippie architects. Today, however, "going green" is a serious concern for anyone involved in the construction or renovation of commercial or public properties.
Sustainable Design and Intelligent Buildings
By Linda McDaid
By now the term "sustainable design" has received almost as much press as Katie Couric’s evening news debut. It is everywhere: trade journals, USA Today, New York Times and most recently on the cover of Fortune magazine.
Platinum is the New Green
By Jessie Sackett
It wasn’t too long ago that the words "green building" conjured up all the familiar stereotypes: tie-dye, Birkenstocks, granola — and sacrifice. Environmental responsibility was equated with a lack of physical and aesthetic comforts, and it certainly wasn’t something that any mainstream business owner would pursue.
Cover Story: Design-Builders to the Rescue ...
By Andrea Murray, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
By now we all realize our planet is ailing and our climate is extremely unstable. The evidence for global warming and related climate change is considerable.
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DBIA News
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Departments
DBIA Book Club: Field Guide for Sustainable Construction
The Field Guide for Sustainable Construction guides readers in how to incorporate sustainable building practices into the construction process.
Best Practices: Brace Your Business for New IBC Requirements
Don’t be caught off-guard by requirements set forth by the new International Building Codes (IBC). The new requirements related to seismic bracing are catching projects by surprise from coast to coast.
Member Reflections: Lean Meets Green
By Greg Gidez, AIA, LEED AP
Sustainable design and construction, also know as green building, has entered the mainstream. More clients and building owners are requiring sustainable features for their projects
Editorial Forum: Pervious Concrete: A "Green" Alternative for Design-Build Contractors
By Robert Ryan
Design-build contractors are challenged with environmental issues on most of their construction projects. These include stormwater regulations, making efficient use of available land, recharging groundwater, reducing heat island effect, and maintaining sustainable development.
Letter from the Editor: Breaking New Ground
Members in the News
Perspectives: Bill Hinsley
Contributors
Legal Briefs: Risk Allocation in LEED Certification
Q. Many owners pursuing a green building include a clause in their contract stating that the design-builder is responsible for achieving a certain level of LEED® certification. At the same time though, owners who employ a design-build bridging philosophy sometimes provide the design-builder with detailed drawings and specifications for the project. What happens when the design-builder follows the owner’s plans and specifications, but the project does not achieve the level of LEED certification stated in the contract? Can the design-builder be held legally responsible for this shortcoming?
David A. Blake, Esq., LEED AP * provides some guidance as to ways you might avoid this predicament.
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