Construction Dive

MARCH 29, 2018

The average number of fatalities for these types of hazards in 2016 was twice that of the previous five years.

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Regulation Safety 95

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Some might think it crazy that the federal government regulates dishwashers? A 2016 GE Appliance survey of 11,000 dishwasher owners found that having to wait for hours for dishes to be done is a major consumer complaint. But the Department of Energy is giving consumers the choice to buy dishwashers that clean again.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 4, 2021

With that wide public sentiment for fireworks, there is actually almost no environmental regulation for the setting off of millions of little explosions of the more than 99% of fireworks imported from China. But, San Diego does regulate fireworks for locations near the coast, requiring expensive permits (.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 31, 2016

How will Tier 4 Final regulations play out for construction business owners in 2016? Where is clean diesel technology headed? John Fischer. Engine Consultant. Palatine, Illinois.

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Safety Services Company

MARCH 1, 2016

OSHA has a full slate of objectives coming up for 2016 and beyond. The current Powered Industrial Trucks regulation is recognized to be outdated with several new classes of trolleys, trucks, and pull along tugs being used and an update may come in the last quarter of the year. Here is a brief look at safety issues on the horizon.

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Safety Services Company

MARCH 1, 2016

OSHA has a full slate of objectives coming up for 2016 and beyond. The current Powered Industrial Trucks regulation is recognized to be outdated with several new classes of trolleys, trucks, and pull along tugs being used and an update may come in the last quarter of the year. Here is a brief look at safety issues on the horizon.

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OSHA Regulation Safety Guidelines 48

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

by the share of green-certified square footage, 38% of all office space in the nation's largest markets were LEED and/or ENERGY STAR certified as of 2016. According to CBRE's 2017 National Green Building Adoption Index, which ranks 30 of the largest commercial office markets in the U.S.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 18, 2016

It's Infrastructure 2016 Week and the Huffington Post'stimely article, " America’s Crumbling Dams Are A Disaster Waiting To Happen", details the grave condition the nation's dams are in and why we should care.

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Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 14, 2016

Part 2: Engines, fertilizer, pesticides and pollinators

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Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 14, 2016

Part 3: War on water and the managed landscape

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Regulation Management 40

Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 14, 2016

Part 1: Immigration, labor and product safety

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Regulation Safety Products 40

FDR Safety

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

One of the most significant OSHA actions of 2016 was issuing guidance on drug testing, injury reporting and safety incentive programs. OSHA’s record-keeping regulations do not set forth any specific time frame for employees to report work-related injuries or illnesses. By Andrew Kaake.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Building bye-laws is a legal tool used to regulate building coverage, height, area of construction, architectural designs. What is Building Bye-Laws?

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 31, 2017

There is actually little environmental regulation for the setting off of thousands of little explosions at a modern fireworks display. And not to let reality get in the way of government regulation, the Environmental Protection Agency does offer guidance on particle pollution, Most people will have no reaction when exposed to.

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FDR Safety

JUNE 27, 2017

The recordkeeping rule , put in place in May 2016 with an effective date of July 1 of this year, requires employers to electronically submit injury and illness forms to OSHA, which the agency said it would then publish on a searchable website open to the public.

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OSHA Injury Employment Regulation 120

FDR Safety

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Employers are now liable for potential problems with their OSHA-required records of work-related injuries and illnesses for five years after the occurrence of any violation, under recently revised regulations, and may need to revise their record-keeping practices. The new regulation, which takes effect Jan.

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Construction Equipment

APRIL 30, 2018

Following a review of the requirements put in place in 2016 regarding the “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” regulation, OSHA has taken action to correct an error that was made with regard to implementing the final rule.

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Digger Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Bauma 2016 will see the premier of Doosan Construction Equipment’s new mid-size dash-5 series excavators and wheeled loaders, meeting the Euro Stage IV emissions regulations.

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Regulation Equipment Construction 48

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Last week the House and Senate passed S952 , legislation introduced on June 8, 2017, amending the Green Buildings Act by adding to the definition of public projects, that had regulated new construction or major renovations of buildings, now expanded to include a public building’s “public real property site.”

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FDR Safety

JULY 12, 2016

The Department of Labor is putting a target on nearly every manufacturer in this country by moving this regulation forward,” said Linda Kelly, senior vice president and general counsel of the National Association of Manufacturers, one of the groups bringing the legal action, which was filed in U.S. “Not

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 5, 2016

Specifically, Governor Hogan announced he was vetoing House Bill 1106 – Clean Energy Jobs – Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Revisions, as enacted in the just concluded 2016 Maryland General Assembly session. In 2016, electric suppliers must demonstrate they have accumulated RECs at a percentage of 15.9

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Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

By Todd Bryant One month into 2016, the main construction industry trends and trajectories for the year are clearly in sight. Many of these are promising in that they will regulate aspects of the industry which have long gone unchecked and allow business to grow. Read more.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 5, 2016

Specifically, Governor Hogan announced he was vetoing House Bill 1106 – Clean Energy Jobs – Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Revisions, as enacted in the just concluded 2016 Maryland General Assembly session. In 2016, electric suppliers must demonstrate they have accumulated RECs at a percentage of 15.9

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2020

The bird-friendly design standards that the Director adopts by regulation and that are equivalent to Pilot Credit #55. USGBC made substantive changes to the credit in 2015 and in 2016 and again in 2019 resulting in the current LEED v 4.1

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

With this final repeal, the agencies will implement the pre 2015 regulations, which are currently in place in more than half of the states (i.e., This was a signature issue for the President in the 2016 election. To be clear what is being repealed was a proposed rule, but never went into effect.

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Construction Junkie

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The energy used for regulating building temperatures accounts for 14% of the primary energy consumed in the U.S. In 2016, researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology also discovered a way to create transparent wood. One-quarter of this energy is leaked through ineffcient glass windows in cold weather.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2016

The New York Build 2016 ( March 7th & 8 th ) focuses on a range of topic areas from construction regulation, major projects and upcoming contracts to sustainable building and the latest construction technology. The leading new construction exhibition will focus exclusively on New York and New York State. Why Attend?

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

That level of inquiry is across a broad breadth of public companies and actually peaked in late 2015 (even continuing in early 2016) in anticipation of 10-K filings. Scientists, government leaders, regulators, businesses, investors, and the public at large continue to express heightened interest in the subject.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 31, 2018

In 2016, OSHA increased its penalties for the first time since 1990. For example, five employees recently died in an explosion at a Pittsburgh drilling company that had violated OSHA safety regulations in the past. Here are four construction safety strategies to consider: Know the OSHA Regulations. Safety is a serious matter.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 4, 2022

In 2016 , a 3D-printed mansion was completed in China. Also in 2016 , the Dubai Future Foundation built its Office of the Future via 3D printing , a major milestone for the technology in the commercial construction sector. Regulations. One drawback that might not immediately come to mind is the regulation of 3D printing.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 15, 2023

The five men were part of a group of eight agency workers brought to the site on 7 July 2016. Health and safety regulations save lives. At around 8am that morning, seven of them began the process of clearing the bay to make way for more scrap metal. These five men were placed into a working environment that was fundamentally unsafe.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 10, 2015

The Act authorizes the Attorney General to issue regulations and those regulations were issued, confirming that Act 120 does not prohibit a person from disclaiming on a food's packaging that the FDA "does not consider food produced with genetic engineering to be materially different from other foods" Final Rule §121.02(c)(ii).

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Construction Dive

JUNE 25, 2015

While the FAA has eased up on restrictions with its proposed new rules, “333” exemptions issued under the current regulations still require the operator to have a pilot’s license. This does not seem to be holding up companies from wanting to deploy drones; more than 2,500 requests have been filed.

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Regulation Construction Contractors 48

FDR Safety

APRIL 27, 2017

1, 2016, and the other from February 15, 2017. Congress recently rolled back a regulation created by OSHA in the last months of the previous administration that would have made employers liable for record-keeping errors for five years after an injury or illness occurs. You can compare the headlines yourself.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 26, 2016

SITES will likely get a boost because on April 13, 2016, the U.S. GSA’s use of the SITES framework allows our land-based projects to better protect ecosystems and enhance the mosaic of benefits they continuously provide our communities, such as climate regulation, carbon storage and flood mitigation. Given these projects (.

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