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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. We have to avoid, at all costs, another year like 2008. It was an especially bad year for the owner of New York Crane and Equipment Company Jimmy Lomma. The other was on E.

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LEED is the Tool to Restrict Water Use in This Town

Green Building Law Update

While much attention was given last week to California Governor Jerry Brown’s executive order, in response to that state’s long running drought, seeking to reduce overall water use by 25%, there may be more to be learned from how the small Town of Hampstead in Maryland responded to its own water crisis in 2008.

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The new Hancher Auditorium opens on University of Iowa campus

BD+C

The Iowa flood of 2008 ruined many buildings beyond repair, including four structures on the University of Iowa’s campus. One of these structures, Hancher Auditorium, was the leading performing arts presenter in the state and was known for commissioning many national and international artists to create and perform dance and theater.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

In 2015, the Obama Administration announced a new target to reduce Federal government greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 2008 levels by 2025. There is simply no material connection between that existing SEC disclosure requirement and this Executive Branch proposed GHG test.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

In 2015, the Obama Administration announced a new target to reduce Federal government greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 2008 levels by 2025. There is simply no material connection between that existing SEC disclosure requirement and this Executive Branch proposed GHG test.

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Another chapter in dispute over OSHA statute of limitations

FDR Safety

the Review Commission held that the employer’s failure to act on recommendations made in a prior employer’s Process Hazard Analyses (some of which dated back more than 14 years before the OSHA inspection) constituted a “continuing violation” that effectively extended the statute of limitations under the Act. In Secretary of Labor v.

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#127:  Subcontract "Flow Down" of Prime Contract Terms

NH Construction Law

2008 WL 544563 (Tenn. 29, 2008), bound a subcontractor to the prime contract’s forum-selection clause. 2007), saddled a subcontractor with the prime contract’s arbitration clause. Remedial Construction Services, LP v. AECOM, Inc. , 5th 658 (2021), went the other way. ESI Companies, Inc. Ray Bell Construction Co. 560 F.Supp.