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Regulatory – Job Order Contacting Statutes and Guidelines

Job Order Contracting

2003-2004). AB 1431 – Permits Job Order Contracting for K-12 Districts. California. AB-14 Public contracts: job order contracting. Authorizes job order contract to all K-12 school districts, that have entered into project labor agreements, for public works over $25,000.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) may adopt regulations to implement the bills. The Governor has until May 28, the 30th day after presentment to sign or veto bills. Clean Energy Jobs.

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Maryland Vetoes Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Increase

Green Building Law Update

Maryland first adopted a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard in 2004 and has subsequently increased it. It is worthy of note that Maryland’s largest electricity generating utilities did not oppose this bill.

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Maryland Vetoes Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Increase

Green Building Law Update

Maryland first adopted a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard in 2004 and has subsequently increased it. It is worthy of note that Maryland’s largest electricity generating utilities did not oppose this bill.

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NFPA 285 engineering judgments

Construction Specifier

Building codes in the United States regulate the use of plastics, foam plastic insulation, and other combustible materials used in the building envelope through a robust combination of reference standards, material fire tests and complete assembly fire performance requirements. Type V construction does not require NFPA 285 testing.

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Construction Marketing Secret: Architecture Billings a Leading Indicator of Construction

Construction Marketing

1 ] Construction spending for nonresidential buildings totaled more than $330 billion in 2004, according to data from the U.S. The seasonal adjustment process regulates the ABI score each month based on typical scores for that month in prior years. 4 A discussion of the results of this survey is presented in Baker, 2004.

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Bury Your Head in the Sand and ESG will Go Away

Green Building Law Update

While the idea of ESG began in 2004 with a United Nations initiative to influence capital in non-Western markets, in 2021 the legal and political institutions in the United States and the EU are demanding those ideas be implemented by businesses posthaste.

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