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Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
Chip Greene: From owning a business to incoming PHCC — National Association President. Legionella & plumbing design: Set requirements to manage risk of bacteria. September 2015. Publication Info.
3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Trish Donnally MFPRO+ Blog Higher Education University Buildings Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Student Housing Designers Architects Projects Sustainable Development To say the United States is facing an affordable housing crisis is a major understatement. And that’s just California. It gets worse.
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179D Tax Deduction Allocated from Government Buildings
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Of course, the government does not pay federal income tax such that it cannot utilize a tax deduction , so that tax deduction may be allocated to a taxpayer. The deduction will be allowed to the designer for the taxable year that includes the date on which the property is placed in service.
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Pennsylvania is First State to offer Tax Credit for Passive House
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 4, 2015
Pennsylvania is the first state to offer tax credits for low income Passive House building. Applications submitted under the PennHOMES and low income housing tax credit program are scored and ranked in accordance with a numerical criteria. “Maximize your gains, minimize your losses” summarize the approach.
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Home Affordability Report Shows Increased Pressure for Affordable Housing
Pro Builder
JANUARY 21, 2022
In the first quarter of 2015, homebuyers on average needed just 18.4% in the fourth quarter 2021, continuing an upward trajectory that inches closer and closer to the “unaffordable” designation at 28%—which is often the tipping point for when lenders become reluctant to issue a mortgage loan. Home Affordability Report.
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Business Facilities’ 2015 State of the Year: Alabama
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Business Facilities’ 2015 State of the Year: Alabama originally appeared on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. The Crimson Tide is rolling, big time, and now it’s brought in our top honor: Alabama is BF’s 2015 State of the Year. billion haul in capital investment for Alabama.
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Business Facilities’ 2015 State of the Year: Alabama
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
The Crimson Tide is rolling, big time, and now it’s brought in our top honor: Alabama is BF’s 2015 State of the Year. The top five projects alone in 2015, including Polaris Industries’ new manufacturing facility for off-road vehicles, yielded an impressive $2.7-billion Business Facilities' 2015 State of the Year: Alabama.
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Wisconsin Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 9, 2016
Technology Development Loans: Flexible lending program designed to assist high-tech startup and emerging growth companies in financing the development and launch of innovative products and services. Historic Preservation Tax Credit: State income tax credit for 20% of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures for eligible buildings.
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Trends in building materials marketing: More of the same?
Construction Marketing Ideas
JANUARY 16, 2015
Mark Mitchell looks at 10 trends in 2015 building products manufacturers marketing. Mark Mitchell’s excellent Whizard Strategy Blog recently reported on 10 Trends in Building Materials Sales and Marketing in 2015. Design-build growth. Manufacturers will begin to wake up to Design Build.
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Promoting Electric Vehicles as Environmental Policy or Corporate Welfare
Green Building Law Update
APRIL 11, 2015
RGGI is a multi-state emissions cap and trade program designed to reduce CO2 by causing electric utilities to purchase emission allowances which are ultimately paid for by the utility customers on their monthly bills. Maryland is one of several states that have statutes generally prohibiting car manufacturers from operating dealerships.
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The Strawtegi CO2ttage in Salt Lake City
Natural Building
APRIL 30, 2022
Using only FSC sustainably harvested wood products, this home design will sequester 5.5 In 2015, 150 natural builders from all over the world gathered to demonstrate their skills, new projects, and emerging technologies. It is two stories to maximize the small building footprint, but the first floor is still designed to be accessible.
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Oklahoma Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 9, 2016
The lending institution shall give priority to the economic needs of the area where the business is located especially in Enterprise Zones and Priority Enterprise Zones as designated by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Additionally, the engineer hired receives a tax credit of $5,000 per year until January 1, 2015. . 632): The U.S.
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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 8, 2016
The health of this industry is a vital economic indicator since sales tend to be driven by personal income, consumer confidence and interest rates. NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said that despite 2015’s volatility, “the economy continued to reduce unemployment, raise wages and actually increase real GDP by 2.4 Bankrate, 2015).
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40 Portwest LLC To Open First North American Facility In Shepherdsville, KY
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 26, 2014
Portwest LLC, a global workwear and safety gear designer and manufacturer, plans to build a distribution center in Shepherdsville, KY. Portwest plans to be operational by early 2015. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. The Bullitt County facility will be the first North American operation for the company. million into the project.
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The Simple Marketing Secret Most Contractors Overlook
Constructor Marketing that Works
MARCH 10, 2015
What you get out of this is a reliable income stream. Maintenance agreements can even out your cash flow and provide a year round income. If you’re prone to writing, designing, graphics, editorial layout and have experience crafting an informative newsletter that can also sell, then go for it!
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Texas Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 9, 2016
The Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI): The Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI) was enacted in 2015 by the 84th Legislature with a goal to bring the best and brightest distinguished researchers in the world to Texas. The maximum bond amount is $10 million towards a $20 million project. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
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40 One Vs. Many
Contractor Magazine
DECEMBER 28, 2017
I’m going to start freelance writing to build up my income, and I’m also going to start a niche site around my love of __ (hanggliding) on the side. 2015: Marketing Consulting. I’ve been researching starting my own business for awhile now, and I’ve got a pretty good idea of what I need to do. 2017: Eighty Club.
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A Giant That Is (Still) Creeping Through the Construction Industry: Digitization
Building Radar
JULY 15, 2020
Digitization on Site: New Tools for the Construction Site BIM: Digital Forward Planning Planning, designing, constructing and managing buildings – digitally, quickly, with foresight and therefore more effectively than ever before: Building Information Modeling (BIM) makes it possible.
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Enterprise Green Communities Criteria Being Updated
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 10, 2014
In 2015 the use of LEED v4 will become mandatory, a new 2015 International Green Construction Code will be available, an updated ASHRAE 189.1 will be published, the new ICC 700 National Green Building Standard will be approved, and there will be a 2015 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria. Integrative Design, 2.
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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
These Innovation Centers will design and deliver IT that drives down the cost of ongoing operations while continuously increasing the level and speed at which innovative products and services are available to our GM customers.”. IBM’s Tech Center in Baton Rouge will open in 2015. Photo: georgia.org.).
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BUSINESS REPORT: Maryland — SSA’s New Data Hub Moves Forward In Urbana
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
AUGUST 29, 2013
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Mid-Atlantic Region and the Social Security Administration (SSA) are collaborating to design and construct the SSA’s new National Support Center in Urbana, MD. The SSA awarded the contract to design and build the new data center to Hensel Phelps Construction, a Colorado-based general contractor.
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State by State Incentives Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 15, 2014
TVA Economic Development Loan Fund: A multimillion-dollar revolving loan program designed to stimulate investment and job creation in the TVA region. Income Tax Capital Credit: The Income Tax Capital Credit has been available since 1995. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. 25 to $1.75
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North Dakota Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 8, 2016
Agriculture Partnership in Assisting Community Expansion (Ag PACE): This program has been established to buy down the interest rate on loans to farmers who are investing in other nontraditional agriculture activities to supplement farm income. MATCH Program: Designed to encourage and attract financially strong companies to North Dakota.
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Tiny House Communities Can Solve Social Problems
Natural Building
OCTOBER 4, 2019
Low-income adults, including people formerly homeless or incarcerated, are moving into the compound. It can offer reassuring habitat for residents, and its nonthreatening appearance often appeals to wealthier neighbors, who might objected to proposals for more institutional designs. “It Village in Austin, Tex.,
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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 21, 2014
INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.
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Consumer Price Index + 2.9% (Past Twelve Months)
Job Order Contracting
JULY 12, 2018
percent, its largest 1-month increase since October 2015. The index measures price change from a designed reference date. The index for dairy and related products rose 0.7 percent after declining in May. The index for cereals and bakery products increased 0.6 The index for fruits and vegetables increased 0.5
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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDII), has partnered with McKinsey & Co. Our factory floor is designed to allow them to test manufacturing technology and solutions and illustrate that end-to-end digitization in action.”. DMDII has kicked off some major programs since the institute opened in 2015.
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North Dakota Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JULY 11, 2014
Beginning Entrepreneur Loan Guarantee Program: Designed to assist in business start-up financing by providing a financial institution with guaranty of a loan not to exceed $200,000. PACE Program: The PACE Fund is designed to assist North Dakota communities in expanding their economic base by providing for new job development.
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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JULY 23, 2013
The company designs and produces reusable packing solutions for clients that include General Motors, Ford, BMW and Yamaha. Under the terms of the award, Ipreo is eligible to receive up to nine annual grants equal to 65 percent of the state personal income tax withholdings from the eligible new jobs created since the date of the initial award.
Is Urban Flight to the Burbs Golden?
Pro Builder
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
We’ve seen it on the rental side since 2015. RELATED: Urban Townhome Designs That Show Density Isn't a Dirty Word. 4 New Live/Work Housing Design Solutions. The increasing demand for the suburban lifestyle is something that really is persistent in American culture. It’s long been driven by affordability and better schools.”.
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State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
DECEMBER 16, 2015
From the September/October 2015 Issue. The first four sites—all 200-plus acres—completed designation in 2014, with the additional six sites earning designation in summer 2015. Creating jobs and increasing family incomes for Iowans is my administration’s top priority,” said Gov. Branstad in a July 2015 statement.
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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MARCH 8, 2016
For FY16 (July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016) EDD has received an appropriation of $50 million in LEDA CO. In addition, a taxpayer who holds an interest in a qualified generating facility in New Mexico that files a corporate income tax return may claim a credit for 6% of the eligible generation plant costs of a qualified facility.
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What are Class E Safety Pants?
Work Gearz
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The result would be danger from incoming traffic. It ensures your safety and that of the incoming traffic. HEAVY DUTY DESIGN. ANSI/ISEA 107-2015 CLASS E TYPE R. They’re of utmost use when it’s raining heavily or there’s a lot of fog that has deteriorated the quality of visibility a lot.
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Location Focus: The Carolinas – Growth Climate Warms In The Carolinas
Business Facilities
JULY 22, 2014
Production of these agricultural equipment tires is expected to commence in late 2015. The company’s investment also includes new, state-of-the-art equipment designed according to the latest Trelleborg technology standards.
New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JULY 11, 2014
Qualified jobs must be occupied for at least 48 weeks by the employee and: Pay at least $28,000/year in a community with a population of less than 40,000 for jobs created prior to June 30, 2015 or $40,000/year for jobs created after July 1, 2015. Five-Year Policy Changes: Year. Apportionment. Double-Weighted Sales. Single Sales Factor.
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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 17, 2016
An airport of entry (AOE), usually designated with the word “international”, provides customs and immigration services for incoming flights. That’s why the airport recently unveiled BNA Vision, a comprehensive airport expansion and renovation plan designed to meet the region’s booming population growth and travel demands.
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HVAC Marketing Year at a Glance
Constructor Marketing that Works
DECEMBER 19, 2014
You control job flow, costs, time, design and personnel… but you often have no control of the marketing that generates the leads and sales. Higher income and less stress are the natural results! Get a free “2015 Marketing Budget Calculator ” by emailing to freestuff@hudsonink.com. You’re a contractor.
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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 5, 2014
The Center has been designated as an Academic Health Science Center, one of only six in the UK. The University of Bolton houses the Institute for Material Research and Innovation, a multi-disciplinary center designed to cultivate research and innovation activities. percent tax rate for patent income).
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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
After swallowing that gloomy news, Californians trudged to the polls in November and approved a referendum increasing their state income taxes by a whopping $6 billion a year. that are LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). In the 2000 census, the Barstow area had a median income level of $35,069.
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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other
Pro Builder
DECEMBER 2, 2020
By 2015, True Homes was losing its client-centric focus, chasing volume while customer satisfaction scores declined. True Homes’ strategic pivot in 2015 was about growing and strengthening the roots of resilience—being an oak tree in a pine tree industry—to position the company for the next downturn. Growing Pains.
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True to Itself: True Homes' Purpose-Driven Company Culture Is Like No Other
Pro Builder
DECEMBER 2, 2020
By 2015, True Homes was losing its client-centric focus, chasing volume while customer satisfaction scores declined. True Homes’ strategic pivot in 2015 was about growing and strengthening the roots of resilience—being an oak tree in a pine tree industry—to position the company for the next downturn. Growing Pains.
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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 12, 2016
will be the team’s lead designer and Walsh Infrastructure Management will provide bridge maintenance over the life of the 25-year contract. The 558 bridges designated to be replaced in the first phase of the project are primarily crossings on smaller state highways, many in rural areas, rather than interstate bridges or large-river crossings.
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40 Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 23, 2017
OneWeb will design, build and launch an extensive network of small, low earth orbit satellites that will enable the delivery of Internet services to every corner of the Earth at a low cost. That, along with a strong economy and zero personal state income tax, make it a great place to do business. ALUMINUM GOES WHITE-HOT IN KY.
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Safety Services Company
MAY 29, 2013
The second deadline requires chemical manufacturers, importers, distributers and employers to comply with all modified provisions of the final rule 29 CFR 1910.1200 , by June 1 2015. Distributers may still ship products with old labels made by manufacturers until December 1, 2015. Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
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