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An SBA Public Service Announcement: If You See Something, Say Something

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

filed a protest with the contracting officer asserting that Sanford was not a small business because it received significant contract awards between 2019 and 2023, which, when averaged, exceeded the procurement’s applicable size standard. The non-awardee, Caldaia Controls, Inc., Put simply, if you see something, say something.

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Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS

Green Building Law Update

Prior to the just concluded session of the Maryland legislature, the State’s laws and regulations were silent with regard to PFAS chemicals including PFOA. At worst, Maryland could have been criticized along with the Federal government and other states, for failing to regulate PFAS as a hazardous substance.

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

Green Building Law Update

For those concerned about the state of the environmental industrial complex during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, I can report that last Friday I reviewed my 1,000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this year. So while instructive, it provided little, if any, comfort to tenants.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

Businesses making a net zero claim like, “we will be net zero by 2030” risk a charge that they are misleading consumers. It is one thing when a political leaders in a government make an ESG claim. But it is another thing for a business to make ESG claims about net zero or otherwise that mislead customers.

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When Trees Sue for their Own Environmental Preservation

Green Building Law Update

In 2019, Toledo residents voted to approve the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, within the City’s charter “which include the rights of Lake Erie and its watershed to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve.”. And significantly there is no defense for an issued permit or claim of preemption by other state or federal laws.

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Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca rushes its blood cancer drug Calquence into coronavirus trials ‘after it showed benefit for patients in intensive care’

Construction Test

By suppressing the exaggerated defense mechanism, it may prevent the virus from damaging the lungs. . Calquence has already been given to patients in this way, the firm claims. . It comes a week after AstraZeneca claimed it will have a reliable coronavirus antibody test ready by May.

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

To receive an abatement for property taxes, a project must meet certain qualifications and follow certain procedures, as determined by law and regulation. To receive abatement for any or all of these taxes, a project must meet certain qualifications and follow certain procedures, as determined by law and regulation.

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