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Jacobs Engineering tops ENR's 2019 design firm rankings

Construction Dive

For the second year in a row, a shifting M&A landscape saw the AEC powerhouse claim the top spot. A collective $101 billion in revenue suggests the market will be strong for years to come.

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COVID-19 Liability for Building Owners

Green Building Law Update

And these questions are not unfounded because as of November 1, 2020, legal industry databases of state and federal litigation are tracking more than 6,100 cases involving Covid-19 claims. courts have never addressed a pandemic like SARS-CoV-2 (the current designation for what had been the Novel Coronavirus 2019).

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179D Tax Deduction Made Permanent by Covid Relief Bill

Green Building Law Update

The 179D commercial buildings energy efficiency tax deduction has since 2006 enabled building owners to claim a $1.80 If the system or building is installed on federal, state, or local government property, the 179D tax deduction may be assigned to the businesses primarily responsible for the system’s design or installation.

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FERC Decision Puts State Renewable Portfolio Standards At Risk

Green Building Law Update

In a decision that critics have called “unprecedented” the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on December 19, 2019 issued an Order Establishing Just And Reasonable Rate “to protect the competitive capacity market administered by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.” state renewable portfolio standards) the loser.

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LEED Credit is Designed to Eliminate Illegal Wood in Buildings

Green Building Law Update

The LEED BD+C: New Construction v4 MRpc127 – Timber Traceability pilot credit “is designed to up efforts to eliminate the use of illegal wood in buildings.”. All of that observed, the Timber Traceability pilot credit is a positive step forward in 2019, much like this year’s boot-cut jeans versus last year’s edited baby genes.

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Sound of silence: Specifying the four roles of acoustic ceilings

Construction Specifier

The designer and specifier decide which of these roles the ceiling will take on in any project. Therefore, it is important to establish if a ceiling will be implemented into the design and which roles it will take, so the other components of the building can be designed and specified appropriately.

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179D Tax Deduction Brought Back to Life thru 2020

Green Building Law Update

Significantly, the Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019 amended the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, providing, SEC. The 179D commercial buildings energy efficiency tax deduction enables building owners to claim a tax deduction for installing qualifying systems and buildings. ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS DEDUCTION.

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