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Welcome to the latest edition of Overriding Interest. Inside this issue: - New Joiners - Articles of Interest - Events - Case Reports...more
Over six months has passed since many of the principal measures in the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) came into force on 1 October 2023 in what was one of the most comprehensive reforms of building safety legislation in the...more
In this article, we discuss the key findings from the UK government’s response to the consultation on its new powers to impose a ‘Building Safety Levy’ (“Levy”) under the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA 2022”)....more
In this Insight, first published in PLC, Freya Scott discusses the RICS Sustainability Report 2023, considers some of the barriers to achieving the carbon net zero goal by 2050 and what can be done to overcome these. ...more
The enactment of the Building Safety Act 2022 (the “Act”) in the United Kingdom brings about significant changes to building safety regulations. While the Act primarily aims to enhance building safety standards, it also...more
The responsible actors scheme – which requires residential property developers to agree to remediate fire safety defects in relevant buildings, or face being barred from securing planning permission or building control...more
On June 9, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 154, which substantially modifies statutory safety and reserve requirements previously enacted in response to the collapse of the Champlain Towers South...more
The last year has seen a huge amount of change, both politically and economically, which has also been reflected in a constant array of new government policies. What is coming down the line in terms of new legislation in 2023...more
The Building Safety Act 2022 imposes new safety duties on building owners and landlords and new liabilities for non-compliance. When landed with a bill for remedial works, landlords must now also look to the restrictions on...more
The Building Safety Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. This marked the end of a long journey through Parliament for a Bill that was published in response to the Grenfell Tower fire and the 2018 report of Dame...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) turns its focus to clean hydrogen hubs, key real estate players announce a new round of layoffs, Local Law 97 faces pushback in New York, and more....more
Los Angeles pilots digital twin project to aid building decarbonization - Smart Cities Dive – June 3 - Cityzenith is partnering with the Los Angeles branch of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge...more
On May 26, 2022 — nearly a year after the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South—Florida enacted new legislation to address safety concerns for condominiums and cooperative buildings with the passage of Senate Bill 4-D....more
CASES OF NOTE - FINALIZE BUILDING PLANS EARLY ON TO AVOID DELAYS - St. Paul's Foundation v. Ives, 29F.4th 32, 33 (1st Cir. 2022) - A recent decision out of the First Circuit Court of Appeals emphasizes the...more
The Building Safety Act 2022 received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. This marks the end of a long journey through Parliament for a Bill that was published in response to the Grenfell Tower fire and the 2018 report of Dame...more
Green building and energy conservation are now more commonplace in the United States with State and Local Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) adopting some version of the International Code Council’s (ICC) suite of...more
While an increase in construction costs for materials is not new to the industry, the extent of the cost increases during this COVID-19 time may be beyond anyone's experience. Prior to COVID-19, material costs have spiked for...more
California’s First District Court of Appeal recently issued a consequential decision reining in the ability of local agencies to deny housing projects under the Housing Accountability Act (HAA) based on alleged noncompliance...more
The San Francisco Planning Department is updating the City’s General Plan, and Department staff held a two-week series of online workshops on the proposed General Plan updates beginning Monday, March 15th. All development...more
With the votes of the governing coalition, the German Bundestag passed a law on the development of a building-integrated charging and cable infrastructure for electromobility (Gebäude-Elektromobilitätsinfrastruktur-Gesetz –...more
Mit den Stimmen der Regierungskoalition hat der Bundestag das Gebäude-Elektromobilitätsinfrastruktur-Gesetz (GEIG) verabschiedet. Mit dem GEIG soll der Ausbau der Ladeinfrastruktur für Elektromobilität in Wohn- und...more
A challenge to the interpretation of a project condition of approval may be filed more than 90 days following the project approval - Bullet Allen Matkins – June 30 - On June 25, 2020, the Fifth Appellate District...more
A few months ago, we reported on a Court of Appeal decision, Bottini v. City of San Diego, where the Court held that delays resulting from a governmental agency’s improper denial of a permit application for a new development...more
Land Use and Development Case Summaries (short form) - 1. PLANNING AND ZONING - CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE V. CITY OF MORENO VALLEY, 26 Cal. App. 5th 689 (2018) - Based on the language and...more
Bill Deron bought a 100-acre tract next to a creek outside the City of Houston. Deron planned to build a subdivision where some of the homes abut a creek. The other homes would sit about 15 feet higher than the creekside...more