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Rhode Island goes for LEED for Neighborhood Development and SITES

Green Building Law Update

Rhode Island has since 2008 mandated the public construction projects larger than 5,000 gross square feet “shall be designed and constructed to at least the LEED certified” or equivalent standard, but not actually certified by GBCI. acquired and relaunched the SITES v2 rating system on June 10, 2015.

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Updated material transparency web site and hazardous building materials list unveiled

BD+C

Updated versions of the Precautionary List and Building Materials Transparency web site were released earlier this month. The Precautionary List, first released in 2008, and the Transparency web site, released in 2011, is intended to foster the movement toward the use of healthier building materials.

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Jacobs Settles Worker Health Risk Suits From Big Ash Spill Cleanup

ENR Construction

After years of battle, firm that managed remediation of 2008 TVA power plant coal ash site breach in Tennessee sending waste over 300 acres and costing about $1 billion, agrees to undisclosed monetary deal with up to 200 workers who had sought many millions.

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Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification.

Contractor Magazine

Home > Radiant > Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification. Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification. SRP) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed and passed the auditing requirements for ISO 9001:2008. obtains ISO-9001:2008 certification. Site Features.

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Jacobs Settles Worker Health Risk Suits From Big TVA Ash Spill Cleanup

ENR Construction

After years of battle, firm that managed remediation of 2008 TVA power plant coal ash site breach in Tennessee that sent waste over 300 acres and cost about $1 billion, agrees to undisclosed monetary deal with up to 200 workers who had sought many millions.

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What Ever Happened With Those Crane Accidents in 2008?

Constructonomics

2008 was a very bad year for heavy haul cranes in this country. in May 2008 killing two crane operators. in May 2008 killing two crane operators. Incidentally, a city crane inspector was found to have falsified inspection reports of the crane when in reality they never even visited the site. street killing seven people.

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Revit OpEd: YUZU Site Measuring

Revit OpEd

YUZU Site Measuring. For readers that are already familiar with the Point Known PKNail site measuring system it appears to be similar, at least in concept. I think attempting to evaluate this type of technology would benefit from a few videos that show it in use, the practical application of it on-site. Site Information.

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