Lego’s Architecture Series: Celebrating the Past and Inspiring the Future
It’s been a number years since I built anything with Legos (ok, it was just this past week (but with my 7 year old son, mind…
Ready to Print Your Next Building?
This past year I read an article on Forbes.com about the nascent 3D printing movement and a young man named Cody Wilson who literally printed himself a…
Google’s Mysterious Floating Boxes
It was moored quietly in the Bay. But when a four story structure made up of shipping containers was erected, questions began to be asked. Elected…
Got a Problem With Olympic Construction in Sochi?
In the days leading up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia the press was writing about . . . well . . . the…
The 49ers May Not Be Going to the Superbowl . . . But Their Consolation Prize Ain’t Bad
I’m not much of a sports guy, but like many in the San Francisco Bay Area, I watched the 49ers-Seahawk game over the Martin Luther King,…
Playing NSA at the Job Site. Just Less Sneakily
The U.S. National Security Agency (“NSA”) been getting a lot of bad press lately. From backdoor hacking into Google and Yahoo to the mass data collection…
Public-Private Partnerships, Putin Style
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia is just around the corner. It will be the most expensive Olympics in history costing an estimated $51 billion. By…
Contractors State License Board Beefs Up Public Works Unit
The California Contractors State License Board (“CSLB”) has announced that it’s beefing up its Public Works Unit to help ensure that contractors bidding and performing work…
Kindness When You Least Expect It
The article below was published in the San Francisco Chronicle this past week. The story was submitted by Kathy DeBoever, a staff member of our firm and…
2013 Updates to Office Leasing and Retail Leasing Now Available
Each year my colleagues and I are asked to update the Continuing Education of the Bar’s (CEB) publications – Office Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease…
Reminder: 2013 California Building Code and 2013 California Building Energy Efficiency Standards Go Into Effect January 1, 2014 [Updated]
Not to be a nag, but just a reminder that in addition to new laws, new regulations will also go into effect in 2014. Specifically, the 2013…
The Simple Things in Life
I was reading an article on productivity the other day. The article was about lessons the author had learned from his grandfather. What caught my attention…
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