Seattle's buildings are ready to bare all. Last year, the City of Seattle passed a new ordinance , amending the Municipal Code to require large commercial buildings to benchmark their performance and disclose it to the City. Several years back, the City of Seattle created the Green Building Capital Initiative, with a goal to reduce energy consumption in Seattle’s existing building stock by 20%. As part of their duties, the Task Force helped to pass the Seattle Building Energy Benchmarking and Reporting legislation ( Ordinance 123226 ). Guess what? MORE >>

Mull Over The Law And Tour Seattle’s Newest Home Made with 6 modular components, this house is open for viewing! Exhibit A: Seattle’s newest modular home, built by Greenfab. Seattle is now home to one of the more interesting modular homes on the market. Local builders and Seattle media company, Greenfab , pitched in to put together the above pictured LEED Platinum modular home. This Weekend: Seattle’s Green Home Tour Was Your Business Prepared For A Government Shutdown? Modular homes in the legal field – where do they fit? The Cash v. MORE >>

Earlier this week, Mike posted an intriguing report of contracting fraud in the Seattle School System. The  Seattle School District is embroiled in a damaging contracting scandal involving allegations of fraud in the management and award of contracts surrounding its program designed to promote the use of minority and women owned businesses. More Information: The  Seattle Times and  State Auditor’s Office have conducted significant investigations and written extensively on the scandal.  Before going it alone at Michael E. You can contact Mike through his website. MORE >>

Seattle looks to measure performance with new code. The City of Seattle has one of the most stringent energy codes in the nation. But, does it prevent developers from saving Seattle’s classic and old buildings? The solution: The City of Seattle launched a pilot program in 2009 to test the effects of a “performance-based&# building code. The pilot program is the joint effort of the City of Seattle, New Buildings Institute and the Preservation Green Lab. Perhaps. This means that buildings are examined before they begin operating. Building). MORE >>

Could the City of Seattle be raising the bridge, ending the mind-numbing waits that accompany boat traffic? Bids Construction News Federal & State Contracts Public Contracting Ballard Bridge construction Ballard bridge seismic retrofit city of seattle bids city of seattle public works seattle bids seattle RFP seattle RFQ washington state bidsIts a pretty view to the East and West, but most of us fear this scene. The iconic Ballard Bridge provides epic views of the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges. Keep dreaming. Bids are due by July 21, 2011. MORE >>