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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). 9601 et seq., 9601 et seq., Such is a dramatically large issue with the economic contribution of real estate to the U.S.

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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., 9601 et seq.,

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.” Because the U.S.

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Why Projects Fail

Job Order Contracting

85%+of all projects are over budget (just 31% of all projects came within 10% of the budget in the past 3 years – KPMG) 52% of rework is caused by poor project data and miscommunication (2018 Industry Report – Construction Disconnected, FMI). Project Performance and the Liability of Group Harmony?, Klastorin, T. Freeman, J.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

Pro Builder

Consider these elements of a training and awareness program to save lives, mitigate injuries, and reduce liability and costs . Cannabis and the Jobsite: Keeping Your Risk to a Minimum. There’s a gap in the management of risk and safety in construction,” he says. John Caulfield, senior contributing editor.

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The tool is successful because it increases the speed in which companies can start up operations after the site decision has been made, and limits their risk for the unknown.”. Additional construction will continue into 2016 and the plant is anticipated to begin commercial production in 2018.

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Air barriers: An essential part of the building envelope

GCP Applied Technologies

Fri, 12/07/2018 - 15:53. December 07, 2018. Air barriers may also help increase the value of commercial buildings by reducing operating costs—a return on investment every business can appreciate. Air leakage in residential and commercial buildings is a major source of energy waste. michael.delros…. Energy savings.