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Results of Second Annual LEED/Green Building Survey to be
Presented at Construction SuperConference

Survey of Nearly 1000 Professionals Involved in Green Building

SAN FRANCISCO – Dec. 11, 2007 – Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP and CTG Forensics, Inc. will present results of the second annual LEED/Green Building Survey at the upcoming Construction SuperConference in San Francisco.

The survey gauges the opinions of professionals involved in Green Building and LEED Certification. The results of the survey will reveal the number of projects with which professionals and their organizations have been involved, the biggest risks associated with those projects, measures being taken to reduce the cost of LEED/green building certification relative to total project costs, and the main variables affecting the cost of the projects. Design professionals, developers and project owners, contractors/subcontractors, claims professionals, consultants, attorneys, among others, participated in the survey which was additionally distributed by the Green Building Insider newsletter.

The scope of the survey has been expanded from previous years and is co-sponsored by CTG Forensics. The online publication Green Building Insider will be publishing the results and follow up articles to their readers.

Bryan Jackson and Mike Cathcart of the Los Angeles office of Allen Matkins and William R. Broz, P.E., vice president and general manager of CTG Forensics, Inc. will present the survey results. Their presentation, “Building Green: Risks If You Do and Risks If You Don’t,” will take place on December 14 at 2 p.m. at the SuperConference.

The Construction SuperConference, now in its 22nd year, is recognized as the preeminent legal construction conference, providing insight into some of the most complex legal and business issues facing the construction industry. This year’s conference will be held December 12-14 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco. For more information or to register for the conference, visit www.constructionsuperconference.com.

ABOUT ALLEN MATKINS

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, founded in 1977, is a California law firm with approximately 230 attorneys practicing out of six strategically located offices in Orange County, Los Angeles, Century City, Del Mar Heights, San Diego and San Francisco. The firm's broad based areas of focus include corporate, real estate, construction, real estate finance, business litigation, taxation, land use, environmental, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, and employment and labor law.