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2010 Commercial Construction Trends Update: Work for Niche Retail Stores

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At the end of 2009, I wrote a blog post called “Commercial Construction Trends to Watch in 2010.” Despite an increase in overall retail sales this year, new commercial construction has been shelved for a lot of stores that don’t stand out either for their low price point or customer experience.

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New Retail Construction Goes for the Gold in Shopping Center Development

HardHatChat

And with commercial retail construction costs down 10-15 percent compared to three years ago, you’re going to win on a couple fronts. Easier permitting process: The decrease in new commercial construction projects in 2010 means commercial construction permits can be issued faster than before.

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: Permits & Building Codes for.

Construction Cost Estimating

Permits & Building Codes for Construction. Building Codes, Construction Standards, Building Permit Information & Links. Get relevant data about building code officials, code books, building permit departments, national and international construction standards, model energy codes, and residential construction guidelines.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

There are 13 participating jurisdictions, and Maryland has been an active participant in TCI since its inception in 2010. Senate Bill 546 also requires that for any person to begin construction on any part of a new concentrated animal feeding operation, the person must hold a discharge permit issued by MDE prior to construction.

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Construction Project Managers Go Mobile

Carol Hagen

Update September 27, 2010: Project Manager views Job Alerts on iPad using Corecon Mobile. Today I want to introduce you to what I suspect will be a best friend to homebuilders, architects, engineers, and commercial contractors and subcontractors. o Permits. What’s missing? The Corecon Mobile solution. Project Leads.

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Washington Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Aerospace Reduced Business & Occupation (B&O) Tax Rate: Available to manufacturers and processors for hire of commercial airplanes or component parts of commercial airplanes, non-manufacturers engaged in the business of aerospace product development, certificated FAR repair stations making retail sales and aerospace tooling manufacturers.

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Construction Cost Estimating, Location Factoring, and National Average Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

Validation of methods for adjusting construction cost estimates by project location , University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository, 2010) “Despite its potential weaknesses, estimation by adjustment factors is a very common approach for all types of construction. Martinez, A.,