2018 Regulatory Roundup
Construction Business Owner
DECEMBER 14, 2018
A recap of all contractor licensing regulations that were enacted or changed in 2018.
2018 IgCC to be Adopted in Baltimore City
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 18, 2020
This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. In the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the country only the town of Gaithersburg , Maryland has adopted the 2018 IgCC. In the realm of green building this is a big deal.
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4 Commercial Construction Trends and Predictions for 2018
HardHatChat
JANUARY 15, 2018
As we flip the calendar over to 2018 this month, it’s a great time to share some of the commercial construction trends we predict will shape our work in the year ahead. #1: The grocery sector has been keeping a steady pace in recent years, but it is definitely an area to watch in 2018. 1: Grocery Sector Ripe for Change.
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2018 – LEAN Facilities Management Trends
Job Order Contracting
JANUARY 8, 2018
AECOO Transformation – 2018 – LEAN Facilities Management Trends. Regulation and policies requiring collaboration and improved outcomes. The post 2018 – LEAN Facilities Management Trends appeared first on 4BT. A common and appropriate framework for LEAN project management. www,4bt.us.
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Top 7 homebuilder trends
Lets Build
AUGUST 23, 2018
Homebuilder trends in 2018 Certain trends stick around for what seems like forever, while others only last for a year or two, or sometimes even less. Digital technologies, stricter regulations and. The homebuilding industry is at the moment under a significant paradigm shift, as new trends pop up in the sector on a constant basis.
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Financial regulator on trail of Carillion
Construction Law
AUGUST 1, 2022
Headlines about fines levied on the accountants that were supposed to be auditing the accounts of Carillion before its spectacular collapse in 2018 are far from the end of that affair. It could have been worse, as KPMG was given a ‘discount’ of some £6 Million for cooperating with the regulator’s inquiry. Million; costs of £3.95
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Is the 2018 IgCC Doomed to Fail?
Green Building Law Update
MAY 14, 2017
Last week the ICC and ASHRAE issued joint news releases on the status of the “unified green building code that could become the foundation for LEED certification” that will be published as the 2018 version of the International Green Construction Code. will become the 2018 version of the IgCC, due to be published in summer 2018.Significantly,
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Feds Call For Regulation Changes One Year After Massachusetts Gas Explosions
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Federal officials call for changes to national pipeline regulations a little more than a year after the September 2018 natural gas explosions and fires north of Boston.
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GDPR in construction: Are you prepared?
Lets Build
JANUARY 11, 2018
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is expected to come into force both in European Union and the United Kingdom on May 25, 2018. UK is also supporting the new regulations regardless of Brexit. The law will apply to any company that collects personal data in relation to EU citizens.
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Cannabis Retail Construction: How to Navigate the Green Rush
HardHatChat
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Between 2018 and 2022, Englewood’s national construction work in the cannabis retail industry grew by 100% and we expect that trajectory to continue as more states legalize recreational marijuana use and cannabis firms expand into new markets. That said, state regulations do add some additional layers to the nuts and bolts of these projects.
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'Major' Mass. Gas Leak Follows Feds Call For Regulation Changes One Year After Deadly Gas Explosions
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Federal officials call for changes to national pipeline regulations a little more than a year after the September 2018 natural gas explosions and fires north of Boston and just days before another leak hit the area.
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Auditing Giant KPMG Fined $18M Linked to Carillion Bankruptcy
ENR Construction
MAY 17, 2022
UK levies penalty for firm's misleading regulators into the quality of its financial audit of British contractor before its unexpected collapse under huge debt in 2018.
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To Make Dishwashers Great Again?
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 1, 2020
Some might think it crazy that the federal government regulates dishwashers? This less bad new environmental regulation will allow Americans a renewed sense of purpose making dishwashers great again. But the Department of Energy is giving consumers the choice to buy dishwashers that clean again.
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Revoking the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Incidental Take Rule, Once Again
Green Building Law Update
JUNE 13, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposed rule to restore criminal penalties for accidental killing of migratory birds, revoking the January 7, 2021, final regulation that limited the enforcement of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The notice will be available at www.regulations.gov , Docket Number: FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0090.
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How to Prepare for OSHA’s New Crane Rule
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JULY 12, 2018
If you work in construction, you’re familiar the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), whose standards regulate safety on the nation’s construction sites. Being compliant with OSHA regulations is imperative to a construction business’s success. You probably also know the agency isn’t known for making new rules quickly.
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Tariff whiplash for bifacial solar modules
BD+C
JANUARY 7, 2020
Advances to the technology, manufacturing and regulations are ever-changing — and today’s industry is acutely aware of that volatility. Since January 2018, the solar industry has been challenged to keep pace with the latest tariffs and exemptions for bifacial modules.
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Biden Administration Rescinds Rule Affecting Construction Workforce
Pro Builder
MARCH 23, 2021
Formally known as the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds regulation, the ruling grouped immigrants receiving government assistance into the definition of “public charge,” but in doing so, included foreign nationals working toward permanent residence and nonimmigrant workers seeking to extend their stay, says NAHB. Read More. .
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Ports & FTZs: The Value of Entry
Business Facilities
OCTOBER 31, 2018
By the BF Staff From the September/October 2018 Issue U.S. laws and regulations with more than 60,000 employees. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provides security and facilitation operations at 328 ports of entry throughout the country, enforcing U.S. Read: Ports & FTZs: The Value of Entry at BusinessFacilities.com.
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OSHA penalties for violations increase
BD+C
JANUARY 25, 2018
As of the first of the year, civil penalties for violations of OSHA standards and regulations were increased to adjust for inflation. Department of Labor increased civil penalties for a variety of regulated areas, such as Immigration, Child Labor, Wage and Hour, MSHA, and OSHA. The 2018 maximum OSHA penalties are:
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PG&E Wildfire Penalty Hits $2.1B, Largest-Ever By State
ENR Construction
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Regulators add $462 million more in fines for the bankrupt utility's role in igniting northern California blazes in 2017 and 2018.
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Structural engineered wood products exempt from new EPA formaldehyde ruling
BD+C
JUNE 19, 2018
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formaldehyde emissions regulations as of June 1, 2018. Composite wood products must meet new U.S.
Fireworks Cause Air Pollution But
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 31, 2017
There is actually little environmental regulation for the setting off of thousands of little explosions at a modern fireworks display. And not to let reality get in the way of government regulation, the Environmental Protection Agency does offer guidance on particle pollution, Most people will have no reaction when exposed to.
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185 US Microgrid Capacity Will Exceed 1.8GW By 2018
Business Facilities
AUGUST 18, 2014
The cumulative value of the microgrid market, including investments from prior years, will exceed $3 billion by 2018. For microgrids to truly gain traction, substantial regulatory overhauls will be necessary to re-evaluate utility franchise rights, as well as to rethink the definition and regulation of electric utilities,” added Klemun.
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An SBA Public Service Announcement: If You See Something, Say Something
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
In Sandford’s case, that period would have been 2018 through 2022, not 2019 through 2023, as proposed by Caldaia. Instead, take action and be prepared to respond promptly to requests for information from the SBA. Put simply, if you see something, say something.
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98 Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously
Green Building Law Update
JUNE 10, 2018
Building owners that utilize ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager will see a dramatic change in the 1 to 100 ENERGY STAR scores after August 26, 2018. The release date for all updated scores is August 26, 2018. Applications submitted by July 26, 2018 will be assessed using currently available (pre-update) scores.
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Tenant’s New Defense to Hazardous Substance Liability
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 2, 2018
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). All appropriate inquiries has been determined by EPA regulation to be a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment conducted in accordance with ASTM E1527-00.
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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020
Green Building Law Update
APRIL 7, 2020
Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. This bill is a ministerial response to the fact that in 2018 the State’s Building Codes Administration moved to the Department of Labor.
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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020
Green Building Law Update
APRIL 7, 2020
Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. This bill is a ministerial response to the fact that in 2018 the State’s Building Codes Administration moved to the Department of Labor. SB 420 / HB 581 is substantially the same as HB 619.
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Streamlining international construction projects
GCP Applied Technologies
APRIL 25, 2018
Wed, 04/25/2018 - 09:23. April 25, 2018. Here are issues to discuss with your project stakeholders to help get your global building project off the ground smoothly: What are the local building regulations? Although there are international building codes, there are often additional regulations that apply, depending on the region.
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Legal challenge to injury and illness data reporting rule
FDR Safety
JULY 12, 2016
The Department of Labor is putting a target on nearly every manufacturer in this country by moving this regulation forward,” said Linda Kelly, senior vice president and general counsel of the National Association of Manufacturers, one of the groups bringing the legal action, which was filed in U.S. “Not
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OSHA Extends Beryllium Standard Enforcement to August 9
Construction Equipment
JULY 5, 2018
The requirements include beryllium work areas, regulated work areas, methods of compliance, personal protective clothing and equipment, hygiene areas and practices, housekeeping, communication of hazards, and recordkeeping. These requirements will not be enforced until Aug.
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54 DOT Adds 4 More Drugs to Testing List
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
DOT-regulated employers will be required to test for these highly abused opioids beginning on Jan. Department of Transportation issued a final rule yesterday that expands DOT's current drug testing panel to include some semi-synthetic opioids; Hydrocodon - Trade names Norco, Vicodin, Lortab, Vicoprofen and Riboxen.
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Tenants Order Phase l to Avoid Hazardous Substance Liability
Green Building Law Update
MARCH 31, 2019
Buried in the Consolidated Appropriations Act last year was Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). All appropriate inquiries has been determined by EPA regulation to be a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment conducted in accordance with ASTM E1527-00. 9601 et seq.,
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I Just Read my 1000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this Year
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 30, 2020
Buried in the more than 800 page Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 were the very few words of Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). 9601 et seq., So while instructive, it provided little, if any, comfort to tenants.
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EPA Releases Draft National Recycling Strategy
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
yes, a subset of all waste, but a good datapoint) in 2018 was 292.4 It is important to accept that EPA’s authority to regulate recycling is fuzzy at best, beyond the agency’s implementation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. EPA reports the total generation of municipal solid waste (. million tons or 4.9 Together, 93.9
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Understanding and Addressing Construction Industry Pain Points
Viewpoint Construction Technology
OCTOBER 9, 2018
In March 2018 alone, The Australian Bureau of Statistics Building Activity Report , stated that was a consistent uplift in the trend values of works completed on buildings, residential buildings, non-residential units, and dwellings with 0.6%, 0.4%, 0.9%, and 0.2% in March 2018 on the back of a 2.7% increases respectively.
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Top 6 Most Dangerous Construction Activities
Safety Services Company
JULY 20, 2020
In 2018, the construction industry led all industries with 1,008 fatal work industries. Regularly reviewing and training employees to the standard of the applicable codes and regulations is a proactive way to ensure compliance. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fix the Six. Scaffolding. yellow school buses stacked, end to end.
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68 Streamlining international construction projects
GCP Applied Technologies
APRIL 25, 2018
Wed, 04/25/2018 - 09:23. April 25, 2018. Here are issues to discuss with your project stakeholders to help get your global building project off the ground smoothly: What are the local building regulations? Although there are international building codes, there are often additional regulations that apply, depending on the region.
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Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Construction
HardHatChat
APRIL 24, 2023
Cannabis Construction: Learning Curve for Municipalities Between 2018 and 2022, Englewood’s national construction work in the cannabis retail industry grew by 100%. We expect that trajectory to continue as more states legalize recreational marijuana use and cannabis firms expand into new markets.
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New Green Building Tax Credit is a Progressive Effort
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 4, 2020
This new property tax credit should be viewed against that backdrop, but moreover that the County is on the cusp of being the first to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code , as a mandatory code (including that LEED will no longer satisfy the County’s green building mandate).
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4 Strategies to Avoiding Rising OSHA Fines in Construction
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JANUARY 31, 2018
That means that at the beginning of 2018, a serious or failure to abate penalty, for example, rose from $12,615 to $12,934. For example, five employees recently died in an explosion at a Pittsburgh drilling company that had violated OSHA safety regulations in the past. This year, willful or repeat violations will cost nearly $130,000.
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169 On the 25th Anniversary of Lead Based Paint Disclosures
Green Building Law Update
MARCH 10, 2019
Modern appreciation of the perils of lead resulted in the federal government banning the use of lead based paint in dwellings in 1978, as well as federal, state and local laws, including federal regulations that have at least since 1994 mandated certain disclosures in real estate transactions. More than three quarters of the U.S.
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136 Microbeads Ban in Maryland will be more Efficacious than Others
Green Building Law Update
JUNE 1, 2015
The Maryland legislature passed and last month Governor Larry Hogan signed into law House Bill 216 , now enrolled as Chapter 409, prohibiting the manufacture of a personal care product containing “synthetic plastic microbeads,” beginning December 31, 2017, and the sale of such a product beginning December 31, 2018.
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State of the Construction Industry: January Roundup
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JANUARY 31, 2019
billion in new construction permits issued in 2018, while in-state neighbor Nashville currently has 18 projects underway valued at $100 million or more, including two $1 billion projects. In Chicago, officials are mulling over several design plans for an $8.5 billion expansion of O’Hare International Airport to modernize the facility.
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