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2017 wildfires highlight gaps in California’s approach to fire safety in urbanized areas

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According to an article by a fire researcher, fire hazard maps do not take extreme weather patterns such as Santa Ana winds into account. Actually, vulnerable zones can extend well beyond those areas. The maps could also better address the vulnerabilities of what is actually exposed.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE HERE. Cory Booker of NJ and Sen.

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CoStar Creating 732 Jobs At Virginia R&D Center

Business Facilities

CoStar Group is eligible to receive state benefits from the Virginia Enterprise Zone Program, administered by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. Governor Terry McAuliffe approved a $4 million grant from the Commonwealth’s Opportunity Fund to assist Richmond with the project.

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OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology

Safety Services Company

Considered one of Construction’s ‘Fatal Four’ , falls from height accounted for 381 out of 971 deaths in 2017 in the construction sector, and was the leading cause of construction worker deaths. Controlled Access Zones. Section 1926.502 outlines various types of fall protection systems, which include the following: Safety Nets.

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OSHA Top 10 Series: Fall Protection Applications and Innovative Technology

Safety Services Company

Considered one of Construction’s ‘Fatal Four’ , falls from height accounted for 381 out of 971 deaths in 2017 in the construction sector, and was the leading cause of construction worker deaths. Controlled Access Zones. Section 1926.502 outlines various types of fall protection systems, which include the following: Safety nets.

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The Travel & Tourism Game

Business Facilities

Domestic travelers accounted for $933 billion of the 2018 total (86 percent of the total travel expenditures). commercial gaming in the 2017 calendar year. commercial casino industry directly employed more than 361,000 employees in 2017, and those employees earned more than $17 billion in wages, benefits and tips.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The bills also require a local authority to provide to DNR and make available to the public a general plan for identifying appropriate and potentially available areas for mitigation projects, and detailed accounting procedures for accurately tracking the money of the local forest conservation fund. Oil Cleanup . Use of Antimicrobial Drugs.

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