Construction Equipment

JUNE 19, 2018

Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for May 2018: Building Permits. Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,301,000. percent) above the May 2017 rate of 1,205,000.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Green building will remain mandatory for new construction in Montgomery County, Maryland and effective December 1, 2017, the International Green Construction Code 2012 will be a permitted alternative. In large part, as a result of that law, Montgomery is touted as the county with the most LEED building in the nation.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 7, 2023

Significantly improve construction cost visibility and cost management [contact-form] Supporting Reference Information: Independently reported issues with Location Factors “Location factors are used during preliminary project evaluations. Martinez, A., Built Environ. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2023.1111563

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HardHatChat

JANUARY 17, 2017

Fostering a collaborative culture among our team, from new hires to our most veteran staff, will continue to be a focus for Englewood in 2017. Earlier this month I was going through my post-holiday emails when I came across a Construction Dive article on 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Construction Pros in 2017.

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Construction Equipment

APRIL 1, 2016

House Bill 1036 stops the builder from seeking environmental permits or other licenses until July 2017. Citing action by the Georgia General Assembly which passed legislation that put a moratorium on private petroleum companies’ ability to seek eminent domain, Kinder Morgan has suspended work on its Palmetto Pipeline project.

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Georgia Permits Construction Housing 48

Construction Junkie

JULY 20, 2020

Among those actions were several involving OSHA and construction. There are currently 24 OSHA related items on this year’s agenda, but only a handful affecting the construction industry: Blood Lead Level for Medical Removal Standard affected: 29 CFR 1926.62 In some operations, respirators are also needed.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 9, 2021

The lower court determined that the NYC Zoning Resolution did not permit a developer to utilize a portion of a tax lot to merge with a neighboring zoning lot. The inclusion of partial tax lots in a zoning lot is not expressly discussed in the NYC Zoning Resolution, but was permitted by a 1978 Department of Buildings memo.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 29, 2016

Santa Monica joins the California cities of Lancaster and Sebastopol which started requiring rooftop solar installations in 2013, and San Francisco which similar law , for building under 10 stories tall, takes effect January 1, 2017. Note, California law already requires most new construction to have 15% of the rooftop “solar ready.”.

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Safety Services Company

JULY 20, 2020

In 2018, the construction industry led all industries with 1,008 fatal work industries. If you’re a construction safety veteran, your safety program is well established and falls in line with OSHA requirements. Here are the top 6 training courses for the construction industry that address high risk activities: 1. Source: U.S.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 9, 2021

The lower court determined that the NYC Zoning Resolution did not permit a developer to utilize a portion of a tax lot to merge with a neighboring zoning lot. The inclusion of partial tax lots in a zoning lot is not expressly discussed in the NYC Zoning Resolution, but was permitted by a 1978 Department of Buildings memo.

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Zoning Permits New York Legal 52

Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Coastal Construction Relies on Impact- and Wind-Resistant Composite Roofing. If you build homes in the eastern half of the country, you know the keep-you-up-at-night concerns related to construction in hurricane-prone areas. . kcichowicz. Tue, 09/07/2021 - 12:24. Case Study Image. The bull’s eye is on us. There wasn't a leak at all.

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North Carolina Conference Construction Miami 52

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2018

AB 1431 – Permits Job Order Contracting for K-12 Districts. AB-618 Local Agency Public Construction Act: job order contracting: school districts: community college districts. AB-618 Local Agency Public Construction Act: job order contracting: school districts: community college districts. Minnesota Statutes 2017.

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 14, 2016

Last night I was able to download and install Building Design Suite 2017 from my Autodesk subscription account. With little fanfare Revit 2017 is here, brandishing a slightly changed big R logo. We'll see a need for upgrading from 2016 to 2017 files but not from 2016 to 2016 R2 files. Long Post Warning, worth it I hope.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction. About 15 years ago, the California-based builder Wathen Castanos Homes agreed to be a “guinea pig” for testing the construction of a single home using prefabricated wall panels made by a supplier in Nevada. From Stick Building to Off-Site Construction.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 29, 2016

Santa Monica joins the California cities of Lancaster and Sebastopol which started requiring rooftop solar installations in 2013, and San Francisco which similar law , for building under 10 stories tall, takes effect January 1, 2017. Note, California law already requires most new construction to have 15% of the rooftop “solar ready.”.

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Baltimore Los Angeles Electrical San Francisco 120

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

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Guidelines Certification Green Drafting 180

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 8, 2018

Bill 12-18 would require the seller of a newly constructed single-family home to give the buyer an option to install a solar panel system. Forms required to implement the new law and to be included with contracts of sale for newly constructed homes, included the required costs estimates, are to be provided on the County website.

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Residential Contract Estimating Maryland 136

Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 28, 2016

While much of the media attention has described that Vancouver is the first major city in North America to establish specific actions to achieve zero emissions in all new construction by 2030, what may be most significant is what is being implemented now.

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Electrical Plans Employment Housing 120

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 28, 2019

Senate Bill 546 (passed) makes changes to nutrient management plan compliance, enforcement, and reporting; concentrated animal feeding operation permitting and fees; and water quality monitoring in tributaries located on the lower Eastern Shore. Wetlands Permits and Licenses. Stormwater and Flood Management. Surface Mining.

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Maryland Permits Sewer Housing 120

Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 9, 2020

Montgomery County, Maryland is on the cusp of being the first to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. Montgomery County was among the first jurisdictions in the country, in 2008, to adopt a mandatory green building law for private building, requiring most new construction be LEED certified. But apparently not for long.

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Regulation Green Denver Permits 69

Green Building Law Update

JULY 26, 2015

Last Friday, the International Code Council and ASHRAE announced they signed an “agreement that the new version of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), scheduled to be released in 2018, will be powered by” ASHRAE Standard 189.1 for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings. By way of background, in 2005, U.S.

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Green Agreement Certification Illinois 120

Green Building Law Update

JULY 26, 2015

Last Friday, the International Code Council and ASHRAE announced they signed an “agreement that the new version of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), scheduled to be released in 2018, will be powered by” ASHRAE Standard 189.1 for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings.

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Constructlaw

JULY 13, 2021

1 The 2021 update marks the first time the ICDR’s arbitration rules and mediation rules have been revised since 2014 and 2008, respectively, and is of particular note to the construction industry both in the United States and elsewhere.???????.

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NH Construction Law

MARCH 26, 2022

The AIA’s popular A201 (2017) General Conditions imposes several warranty obligations on the contractor. While contracting parties are free to agree to limit warranties to a one-year duration by explicit language in their contracts, that is not the approach taken by most standard form contracts – except in one limited instance.

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Natural Building

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This is why Paula Paoli and Owen Ingley are in Las Marías, Puerto Rico, and hope to introduce a new construction technique that helps homeowners avoid the destruction of houses in the future. Those SuperAdobe houses were in Las Marías, Arecibo and Maunabo, where dozens of conventionally constructed homes were destroyed.

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Puerto Rico News Housing Materials 52

Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 9, 2014

OSHA recently announced that it would extend deadline for implementing its crane operator certification rule requiring employers to ensure that crane operators are certified until November 10, 2017. Construction Laws and Legislation OSHA Uncategorized osha regulations' OSHA’s extension decision was based on the following factors.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JULY 24, 2013

“This $750 million project will create 600 construction jobs, about 30 operating and support jobs, and ongoing economic benefits for the regional I-75 corridor and Genesee County,” said John Russell, Consumers Energy’s chief executive officer. The review process for the filing is expected to take nine months.

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Michigan Permits Certification Electrical 60

Natural Building

JANUARY 4, 2022

Overall, straw is a sustainable material that has plenty of redeemable features when it comes to construction, though it may not be suited for everyone or every situation. One paper found that straw bale buildings save 40% of construction costs when compared to traditional homes.

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Housing Life Cycle Materials Transportation 52

Business Facilities

AUGUST 30, 2017

From the July/August 2017 Isssue. According to the Connecticut Department of Labor, the May 2017 unemployment rate for Connecticut was estimated at 4.9 percent (seasonally adjusted), unchanged from April 2017 and down four-tenths of a percentage point from a year ago. By the BF Staff. percent in 2016, was down 0.8 The NH Dept.

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Best Practices Construction Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Judge Mazzant’s ruling recognized that the DOL enjoys “significant leeway” to establish the types of job duties required for exemptions, but nothing in the FLSA permits the DOL to classify employees by salary levels. Employers are no longer required to meet the December 1, 2016 deadline.

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Texas United States Employment Permits 48

Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

From the September/October 2017 Issue. Build-Ready certification informs potential employers they can save significant amounts of time during the planning, design and construction process versus a typical new location project. By the BF Staff. BF: Braidy Industries announced earlier this year that it will build a $1.3-billion

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Kentucky Louisville Certification Education 64

Business Facilities

DECEMBER 8, 2017

From the September/October 2017 Issue. Thanks to the state’s highly ranked one-stop permitting process, Continental Tire the Americas, LLC broke ground just 10 months after announcing the tire maker was locating in Hinds County, MS. The company is on track to produce its 1 millionth vehicle in late 2017. By the BF Staff.

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Mississippi Louisville Environment America 44

NH Construction Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

They operate very much like “at will” employment contracts, permitting the employer to fire an employee at any time for any (or no) reason as long as some specific public policy is not offended. The painting sub signed a contract to paint a multi-apartment housing project being constructed in Somersworth for a price of $500,000.

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Contract Subcontracting Deals Bidding 40

Business Facilities

AUGUST 23, 2017

From the July/August 2017 Issue. City will construct parking structures and provide ample surface parking. When you are ready to invest, Peoria will provide a dedicated, in-house team for quick and consistent plan review, permitting and inspection. By the BF Staff. Exceptional access, infrastructure and walkable amenities.

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Arizona Innovation San Diego Phoenix 76

Business Facilities

JULY 24, 2019

These efforts are paying off as jobs are being created in construction, hospitality, transportation, retail and healthcare. The company’s patented modular construction process will dramatically reduce the cost and weight of the LEO satellites, while providing unprecedented levels of power and performance. 5 last year.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And, perhaps, an influx of skilled construction labor may also help close the housing supply gap. NAHB has tracked Trump’s housing-related achievements, mostly through executive orders, which reduced or eliminated regulations the NAHB deemed detrimental to new-home construction or sales. . NAHB and Trump Working to Reopen the Country.

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Housing NAHB Income Infrastructure 105