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Deadline fast approaches for commercial fishing vessel safety exams

Safety Services Company

Deadline fast approaches for commercial fishing vessel safety exams. When the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 was passed, it called for new mandates on commercial fishing vessel safety to be enforced by the United States Coast Guard.

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EPA commercial building lead paint rule pushed back to 2015

BD+C

The Environmental Protection Agency's inclusion of commercial buildings in a residential lead paint rule is being delayed until 2015. Lead-based paint can still be used in commercial and industrial buildings, so the proposed commercial rule would apply to every commercial building in the country regardless of when built.

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Painting company owner faces criminal OSHA charges

FDR Safety

Caruso has been charged with a single misdemeanor count of “willful violation of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulation causing the death of an employee,” which carries a maximum penalty of six months incarceration, one year of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.

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Why You Should Understand DBE Laws and Regulations

Best Practices Construction Law

I recently spoke to a group of highway contractors about disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) laws and regulations and some of the different policies among the state departments of transportation. Here's the key: the DBE must be performing a "commercially useful function." " What is a commercially useful function?

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. ” Pardon the Commercial Interruption… » Year-End Wake Up Call. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. Copyright © 2010 Cahaba Media Group.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. It seems like every time I turn on the television, I see a commercial for something “in the cloud.” There used to be commercials from a well-known company that proclaimed in a super-hero-like fashion, “To the cloud!” December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. There’s a commercial for a local kitchen design company that I often hear on the radio that starts, “The form has to follow the function…” According to Wikipedia, this phrase comes from a modern architecture and design principle that says to base the shape of a building or object on its intended purpose of function.