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Chris Scott leading Construction Contract Lawyer
founder of Legally Green.

EcoShowcase

Assessing and Reducing the risks of greener construction

Innovative “eco” products and conventional building materials, which use new greener raw materials, may now pose inherent risks due to lack of evidence of long term reliability and safety.

As a result procurement and specification professionals should consider the need to interrogate manufacturers and revisit bibles of specification documents to exclude themselves from potential liability claims.

Specifiers should interrogate manufacturers to ensure that listed chemicals are not present in their products. They might also ask to be made aware of products that have been subject to REACH regulations and be informed of the nature of any substitutes including data that demonstrates (or otherwise) a continuation of performance quality.

What then are the risks in cutting edge design and installation? The law expects designers and suppliers to have the expertise to differentiate and integrate products that work.  How do you stay Legally Green? What is the risk and liability exposure? We look at case law and recent building defect case studies to help you understand this new world and offer a Building Defects Avoidance pathway.

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3rd November 2013 – 20th July 2026

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See Also:

Taylors

• Taylors – The Expert Legal Team pdf (PDFs in DropBox to view)

GBE CPD

• EcoShowcase (Exhibitions with Exhibitor CPD)
• Presented by Taylors & BrianSpecMan G#896
• Assessing and Reducing the risks of greener construction (CPD) G#1237
• GBE-CPD-A90Performance-A06BRM210226-S50.pdf (PDF in Dropbox to view)

GBE Others Newsletters

Taylors Laywers G#1285 (this page)
(Construction Legal consultants)

• Links to other sites to access documents
• 4th December 2013 Latest News
• Taylors Construction Bulletin
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• February 2013 %%%
• The Gathering Storm or New Opportunities? (Mailchimp newsletter no longer)
• includes comment on BIM G#869 by BrianSpecMan G#896

EcoShowcase Documents

• EcoShowcase Presentation Version 16 (PPT 2.9 mB) %%%
  • Attend the show to obtain the USB stick with presentation, specifications
  • Contact BrianSpecMan to obtain USB stick with files
  • Short on-line clip (45 seconds on YouTube no longer available)

Taylors

• Taylors – 19 09 13 EcoSeminars (Doc 170 kB) %%%

Expert Comment published guides

• Taylors – Operating in Ignorance pdf %%%
• Taylors – Top Ten tips for Adjudication pdf %%%
• Taylors – Christmas Shutdown Reminders pdf %%%
• Taylors – Recovery of Retention pdf %%%
• Taylors – Construction in New Build Care Projects pdf %%%

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• Taylors – Contractors Sustainability Project Report (Doc 68 kB) %%%
• Taylors – Environmental Plan  (Doc 132 kB) %%%
• Taylors – Environmental Policy (Doc 47 kB) %%%
• Taylors – Site Waste Management Plan (Doc 141 kB) %%%

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© GBE GBC GRC GIC GGC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan ******
25th November 2013 – 20th July 2026