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Project Management Trends: 2018 Topics to Watch

Construction Equipment

Here are five trends that project managers should be watching out for in 2018. Certification has always had its place, and I’m happy to go on record saying I think there is a bewildering choice of certifications for project managers. You don’t need a certificate to do that. But let’s look forward.

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OSHA to Propose Further Delay to Crane Rule

Construction Equipment

On Tuesday, June 20, OSHA will present a proposal to extend the enforcement date of its crane operator certification requirement in the Cranes and Derricks In Construction standard until November 10, 2018.

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Greenbuild Clearly Showed the State of LEED is Strong

Green Building Law Update

Even before the conference started, on the preceding Thursday came the biggest announcement of Greenbuild, the new 2018 International Green Construction Code was finally being unveiled by the coterie of trade group authors and available from the ICC to the public. I will write more about the 2018 IgCC in this blog next week.

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CMA STAR Awards – Extended Entry Deadline

Construction Marketing

The extended entry deadline is November 16, 2018. STAR Award Winners will be featured in the STAR Awards Winners Gallery, and receive a frame-quality certificate and optional gold-plated statuette. With the deadline rapidly approaching, it is time to wrap up any of your planned submissions, and submit.

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Empowering Project Management Professionals Through Technology—Part 2 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The Associated General Contractors of America noted in a May 2018 report that construction employment is at its highest level in a decade , with more than 250,000 jobs added over the past year. According to the Commercial Construction Index, compiled for the first quarter of 2018 by the USG Corporation and the U.S.

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The growing demand for transparency in buildings

Construction Specifier

Between now and 2050, Architecture 2030 (a nonprofit that is advocating for sustainable and carbon-neutral planning and design in the built environment) estimates that “embodied carbon will be responsible for almost half of new construction emissions (49 percent).”

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

This bill is a ministerial response to the fact that in 2018 the State’s Building Codes Administration moved to the Department of Labor. It also institutes new requirements for State agencies that plan, pursue, and enter into an energy performance contract. SB 300 / HB 229 makes Maryland the first state in the continental U.S.

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