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U.S. Mandates Electronic Stability Controls For Heavy Trucks

Construction Equipment

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a final rule requiring electronic stability control (ESC) on new heavy truck contractors, effective August 2017. Portions of the new rule resulted from a safety study commissioned under the MAP-21 surface transportation bill of 2012.

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

Of the more than 90,900 total registered LEED commercial projects as of August, 2017, few are LEED CI? The CI v4 EAc1: Enhanced Commissioning credit goes farther than the fundamental commissioning incorporating changes from the v4 prerequisite that make this credit more advantageous and less first dollar cost intensive than in v 2009.

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Mexico-Based Company Building First U.S. Logistics Hub In Indiana

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

“We’re proud to bring our experience to this area, and even prouder of the partnership we have formed with the state of Indiana, the city of Fort Wayne and the Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission.”. Construction on the facility is anticipated to be complete by April 2017 with operations beginning the following month. Source: [link].

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

Revit OpEd

On December 15, 2017, Congressional Leaders announced that the conferees appointed by both the House and the Senate reached an agreement to reconcile differences between the House’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “House Bill”) with the Senate’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and unveiled the text of a final bill (the “Tax Bill”).

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What Are Plastic Roads | How to Make Plastic Roads | Who Invented Plastic Roads | First Man Made Plastic Road | Advantages & Disadvantages of Plastic Roads

CivilJungle

Chennai municipality adapted this technology in a big way by commissioning 1000 km of Plastic roads in the year 2004. This feature helps in satisfying now a day’s need for increased road transports. In Surat in January 2017 , the idea of using plastic-bitumen mix to construct roads was executed. First Man Made Plastic.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The Transportation and Climate Initiative of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States is a regional collaboration that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. In Maryland, over 640,000 public school students receive transportation services.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Austin hosts the Army Futures Command, cybersecurity firms, transportation technology, life sciences and health tech and companies innovating in film, gaming and music. These efforts are paying off as jobs are being created in construction, hospitality, transportation, retail and healthcare. 5 last year.

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