the newsletter of tbd consultants - 2nd qtr 2011
						Printable PDF version Subscribe to our newsletter In this Edition CAL goes Green Inflation & Bid Prices UniFormat 2010
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		CAL goes Green Building 'green' has become accepted by most as being the right thing to do, and now it is becoming the legally required thing to do. In this article we take a quick look at the first state-wide mandatory green-building code.
		Inflation & Bid Prices Geoff Canham, Editor The recovery continues at its snail pace, continuing to trend upwards despite fairly regular hiccups from home, and more frequently from abroad. Certainly our hearts go out to the Japanese. But in this article we look at another issue looming ahead of us that is likely to keep the recovery slowed down - inflation.
		UniFormat 2010 CSI updated its trade-format system (known as MasterFormat) in 2004, and now they have issued a new version of their building element-format system, Uniformat. Here we take a first look at CSI's new Uniformat 2010.
		Design consultant: Katie Levine of Vallance, Inc.