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Phase l Assessments for Tenants are the Hottest Environmental Issue in 2020

Green Building Law Update

Buried in the more than 800 page Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 was Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). In 2020, prospective tenants in commercial and industrial properties are now ordering a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment.

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I Just Read my 1000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this Year

Green Building Law Update

The majority of our work in reviewing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments is for lenders across the country, much of that undertaken by a non law subsidiary of this law firm, but the fastest growing segment in this space, by far, is Phase Is for commercial tenants. 9601 et seq.,

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Tenant’s New Defense to Hazardous Substance Liability

Green Building Law Update

The Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 included in Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,

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Tenants Order Phase l to Avoid Hazardous Substance Liability

Green Building Law Update

Buried in the Consolidated Appropriations Act last year was Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.,

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Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification

GCP Applied Technologies

Fri, 11/02/2018 - 19:24. November 02, 2018. Typically, extra water is added in the batching process to compensate for slump loss that the wet concrete will endure in transit. Commercial buildings. Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification. michael.delros…. GCP Applied Technologies. Concrete admixtures.

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How two buildings in Seattle achieved high-strength concrete

GCP Applied Technologies

Mon, 12/17/2018 - 15:45. December 17, 2018. To compensate, workers reduced the amount of superplasticizer added during plant batching by 5 oz./100 Commercial buildings. How two buildings in Seattle achieved high-strength concrete. michael.delros…. GCP Applied Technologies. Functional admixtures. Performance enhancers.

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Industrial Electronic Chip Market Turns Around In 2013 With Double-Digit Growth

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Growth will continue in the next few years, and industrial-related semiconductor revenue will reach some $45 billion by 2018, as shown in the figure below. In the former, a robust commercial avionics sector drove expansion that compensated for headwinds encountered in the military sphere because of the U.S.