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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

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Each county (including Baltimore City) must prepare a recycling plan that addresses how the jurisdiction will achieve its mandatory recycling rate. Senate Bill 370 (passed) requires that each county recycling plan address the collection and recycling of recyclable materials from specified large office buildings by October 1, 2020.

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Snapshots: 60 Seconds With Terry Gill, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development

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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. Utilities—water, sewer, natural gas and electric—must also be in place and reach the property border.

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Iron Mountain Picks Northern Virginia For Data Center Campus

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The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approved an agreement between Iron Mountain Information Management, LLC and the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Prince William County and agreed to assign $500,000 in water and sewer availability fee credits to the IDA, as an incentive for the project.

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Logistics: No Drivers Needed

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From the September/October 2017 Issue. Our planning for increased power along with installing the fiber optic lines has been extremely important for our commercial customers,” said Aubin. We have seen the great plans of this group become a reality. By the BF Staff. SEYMOUR-JACKSON COUNTY, IN: A WELL-LOCATED WORKFORCE.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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Stemming from their wired and wireless network expansion announced last fall, AT&T plans to hire 120 people across South Carolina—filling 50 vacancies and hiring for 70 new positions. Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman said he’s in awe of Boeing’s expansion plans. The company plans to create 150 jobs and invest more than $15.2

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Less Is More In New England

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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

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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When Clark Ivory returned with his family to Salt Lake City from a three-year church mission in the eastern European countries of Moldova and Romania in 2017, he could have easily allowed Ivory Homes, the company founded by his father, Ellis, almost 50 years earlier, to continue without him. Mike Beirne, Senior Editor. Builder of the Year.