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Consumer Price Index + 2.9% (Past Twelve Months)

Job Order Contracting

Technical information: (202) 691-7000 • cpi_info@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cpi Media Contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – JUNE 2018 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 June. Transportation services.3.8

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LEED v4.1 Building Operations and Maintenance is Live

Green Building Law Update

It applies to Existing Buildings, Schools, Retail, Hospitality, Data Centers, and Warehouses & Distribution Centers. Using the Arc platform to generate the data, existing building owners can create a performance score across five data categories – Energy, Water, Waste, Transportation, and Human Experience – and a LEED v4.1

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New England: A Rising Tide Of Jobs, Wages

Business Facilities

All six New England States experienced gains in wages and salaries in 2018, with the income surge averaging more than four percent in 2Q 2018. Read: New England: A Rising Tide Of Jobs, Wages at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Water reducers: Where did they come from?

GCP Applied Technologies

Thu, 08/30/2018 - 15:30. August 30, 2018. Transportation Infrastructure. Retail buildings. Water reducers: Where did they come from? michael.delros…. Larry Roberts. The way to reduce water content in a concrete mix, without sacrificing workability, is through the use of water-reducing admixtures. Functional admixtures.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

In Maryland, state law does not address carryout bags provided by retail establishments. The Transportation and Climate Initiative of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States is a regional collaboration that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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Kwik Trip Expanding Operations, Creating 300 Jobs In Wisconsin

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which owns and operates more than 600 retail convenience stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, has announced a $300 million capital investment project that will enable the growing company to meet its capacity needs for the foreseeable future. Construction of the new bakery is expected to be completed by late fall of 2018.

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Monitoring mix design performance with an in-transit concrete management system

GCP Applied Technologies

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 14:37. June 01, 2018. Visibility into the concrete mix as it’s transported from plant to jobsite, via this cloud-connected system. Retail buildings. Monitoring mix design performance with an in-transit concrete management system. michael.delros…. GCP Applied Technologies. The reason? Sustainability.