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Cannabis Retail Construction: How to Navigate the Green Rush

HardHatChat

Timing also comes into play because if a cannabis company does not complete its facility by its scheduled date, it stands to lose its state license – potentially an investment of several million dollars. The post Cannabis Retail Construction: How to Navigate the Green Rush first appeared on Hard Hat Chat.

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McAlpine starts Paradise Birmingham green office

Construction Enquirer

Developer MEPC has given Sir Robert McAlpine the green light to start phase 2 office building at the £1.2bn Paradise Birmingham scheme. Scheduled to open in 2025, Three Chamberlain Square was awarded planning permission by Birmingham City Council in June 2022, and forms an integral part of the overall Paradise masterplan.

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$2.7B Minneapolis Green Line advances with funding agreement

Construction Dive

A Lunda/McCrossan joint venture is building the light rail extension, which has doubled in cost and is nine years behind schedule.

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2018 will be a Year for New Green Building Standards, Codes and Rating Systems

Green Building Law Update

2018 will be a watershed year in the course of green building standards, codes and rating systems. IgCC, ICC 700, Green Globes and. Earlier versions of these green building standards, codes and rating systems were largely written in silos by partisans. In 2018 there will be new versions of LEED, ASHARE 189.1, and abroad.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

But rather, this responds to a question I was recently asked when speaking at a law school forum on innovation in the law, “ what does a green building attorney do? ”. My practice is almost exclusively sustainability including green building law, so a good response may be to look at a typical day. addendum public comment.

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179D Tax Deduction Made Permanent by Covid Relief Bill

Green Building Law Update

133, which passed both houses of Congress on December 21st and was signed into law by President Trump on December 27th, the 179D energy efficient commercial buildings federal tax deduction, which had been scheduled to expire at year end, was instead made permanent. Simply put the 179D tax deduction reduces the green premium.

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Lean and green – an abstract of the green construction industry

Building Radar

Lean and green – an abstract of the green construction industry Green construction, referring to both structure and the utilisation of environmentally sustainable and resource-efficient processes, no longer bears the stigma of companies run by starry-eyed idealists or business hippies. The future of green construction 1.

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