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Cannabis Retail Construction: How to Navigate the Green Rush

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Between 2018 and 2022, Englewood’s national construction work in the cannabis retail industry grew by 100% and we expect that trajectory to continue as more states legalize recreational marijuana use and cannabis firms expand into new markets.

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State of the Construction Industry: January Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Though multiple economic outlooks and construction industry reports show new project growth rates slowing slightly in 2019, the outlook is still strong for the next few years. And a spattering of recent news stories back this up. In New York, Gov. In Chicago, officials are mulling over several design plans for an $8.5

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2020 Housing Giants [Builder Rankings]

Pro Builder

Total permits, single- and multifamily, rose by 9.2% At the beginning of March 2020, when February’s numbers came out, housing continued to look strong, the good news continuing with the eighth consecutive month of increasing home sales, to 6.7% In January 2020, starts increased 21.4% year over year. year over year nationally.

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Will GFCI Revisions for Manufacturers Confuse the Trades?

Pro Builder

However, the 2015 revision unfortunately permitted differing sets of requirements for GFCI circuit breakers and for GFCI receptacles. In April of 2018, UL issued an effective date notice establishing May 5, 2021 for the new requirements. Recently, there has been some good news and bad news.

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Top 6 Most Dangerous Construction Activities

Safety Services Company

In 2018, the construction industry led all industries with 1,008 fatal work industries. The good news is that overall electrical fatalities are trending downward. workers that enter permitted confined spaces annually? Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fix the Six. Electrical Safety: Qualified and Non-qualified.

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Magnolia LNG Announces $2.2 Billion Export Facility In Louisiana

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The company expects to make a final investment decision to move forward with the project in late 2014, after it secures permits and completes financing. Magnolia LNG would produce 4 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas per year, and construction would begin in 2015, pending the company’s attainment of permits and final financing.

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Arbitration Update – The 2021 ICDR Arbitration Rules: A Welcome Update for International Construction Arbitration

Constructlaw

18 While the former ICDR consolidation provisions have largely remained intact, Article 9 now permits the case administrator to appoint a consolidation arbitrator – a sole arbitrator with the authority to consolidate two or more proceedings – on the sole arbitrator’s own initiative. 4 2021 ICDR Rules, pp 5–6. 6 2021 ICDR Rules, p 5.