Comments on: Mitigating the Increased Risks of Personal Injury Claims on Green Construction Projects http://www.greenrealestatelaw.com/2010/03/mitigating-the-increased-risks-of-personal-injury-claims-on-green-construction-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mitigating-the-increased-risks-of-personal-injury-claims-on-green-construction-projects Current issues in sustainable building law for owners, builders, and design professionals. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Stephen Del Percio http://www.greenrealestatelaw.com/2010/03/mitigating-the-increased-risks-of-personal-injury-claims-on-green-construction-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 Stephen Del Percio Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:17:42 +0000 http://www.greenrealestatelaw.com/?p=509#comment-1172 As it turns out, this article was timely- an upcoming seminar at Buildex Edmonton called <em>LEED Projects: Environmentally Conscious but are Your Workers Safe?</em> will apparently take a look at some of these issues in more detail: <em>LEED projects, particularly larger ones, often have highly unique architectural designs and components that the majority of construction workers aren’t used to. “When you introduce a new process into the system and people haven’t done it, inherently, it’s going to be more dangerous,” [presenter Shilo B. Neveu of law firm McLennan Ross LLP] said. “If you’ve done something a million times, it lends itself to repetition, you have an understanding, you know the hazards and potential hazards associated with it,” he said. Like any construction project, planning is essential and [the] seminar will focus on how crucial planning is when tackling LEED projects, particularly those that use non-standard techniques.</em> Here's a link; it's a bit out of the way, but if you're attending the seminar (on March 23) definitely let us know in the comments: http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id38042 As it turns out, this article was timely- an upcoming seminar at Buildex Edmonton called LEED Projects: Environmentally Conscious but are Your Workers Safe? will apparently take a look at some of these issues in more detail:

LEED projects, particularly larger ones, often have highly unique architectural designs and components that the majority of construction workers aren’t used to.

“When you introduce a new process into the system and people haven’t done it, inherently, it’s going to be more dangerous,” [presenter Shilo B. Neveu of law firm McLennan Ross LLP] said.

“If you’ve done something a million times, it lends itself to repetition, you have an understanding, you know the hazards and potential hazards associated with it,” he said.

Like any construction project, planning is essential and [the] seminar will focus on how crucial planning is when tackling LEED projects, particularly those that use non-standard techniques.

Here’s a link; it’s a bit out of the way, but if you’re attending the seminar (on March 23) definitely let us know in the comments:

http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id38042

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