B-Series (Owner/Architect Agreements),
773–775Baltimore City Planning Commission,
45Baseline water consumption calculations,
436–438Basis of Design (BOD),
447, 621Best management practices (BMPs),
438Bid solicitation and building contracts types,
752–763project management contract,
761–762process and building contracts types,
748–752Biodegradable (B) building materials,
324, 325tBonding requirements,
713Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP),
22–23accounting and bookkeeping,
818–819decorating or remodeling,
816employees and required forms,
813–815miscellaneous issues,
819Builders and manufacturers incentives,
607Building
construction values in United States,
445–446contract agreements
bid solicitation and building contracts types,
752–763bidding process and building contracts types,
748–752ConsensusDOCS contract documents,
791–801resources for locating healthy building materials,
407–409interior nonstructural elements,
315maintaining structural elements,
314technologies and strategies,
314–315condenser water system,
468multicriteria intelligent sensor,
466fBuilding commissioning,
127long-term cost implications,
634whole-building commissioning,
627fBuilding Commissioning Association (BCA),
621, 653–654Building Enclosure Councils (BECs),
451Building Energy Rating system (BER),
106Building Energy Summit,
129BIM to “green apartment building”,
244fbuildingSMART International,
231IPD—sharing intelligent data for sustainable solutions,
241–243Miami Science Museum,
232frelationship of BIM,
230fBuilding integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPVs),
530–531Building Intelligence Quotient (BiQ),
75Building Life-Cycle Cost (BLCC),
618Building Loan Agreement (BLA),
187–189Building performance,
61–62Building Related Illness (BRI),
856–857Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM),
10–11, 75, 91, 106fit-out certification scheme,
108Building Systems Design (BSD),
708BuildingSMART International,
231Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung (BMVBS),
97Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE),
98–99Business
federal employer identification number,
834–835Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA),
743