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Iowa approves $3.4B infrastructure plan

Construction Dive

The transportation commission approved a 2019-2023 program that includes airport, transit, railroad, trail and highway projects.

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London City planners to fast-track office retrofits

Construction Enquirer

Planning chiefs at the City of London Corporation are considering a ‘retrofit fast-track’ planning policy to meet demand for Best in Class offices in the Square Mile. The report highlights that the steady return to office work could see demand for up to 20 million sq ft of additional office space up to 2042.

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

SB 018 alters the membership of the 1994 Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission and changes and adds topics on which the commission may appoint a subcommittee. It also institutes new requirements for State agencies that plan, pursue, and enter into an energy performance contract. 2019 HB 720 / override of gubernatorial veto.

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

SB 018 alters the membership of the 1994 Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission and changes and adds topics on which the commission may appoint a subcommittee. It also institutes new requirements for State agencies that plan, pursue, and enter into an energy performance contract. 2019 HB 720 / override of gubernatorial veto.

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Food Company Plans New Chicken Operation In Arkansas

Business Facilities

The company plans to invest $300 million in the facility which is expected to create approximately 1,500 new jobs, bringing total employment at the operation to over 2,300 people by 2022. Image: Arkansas Economic Development Commission. The company expects to begin new operations in 2019. Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc.

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In Bankruptcy, Utility PG&E Faces Big Spend to Cut Fire Risks

ENR Construction

6 to the state Public Utilities Commission their mandated 2019 plans for boosted infrastructure, technology and operations upgrades to respond to and prevent wildfires that have already devastated big parts of their service areas. California utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and seven smaller peers filed Feb.

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State Law Trumps on Location of Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

This case is instructive beyond Maryland’s borders because it involves the intersection of states’ efforts to promote solar energy generation as part of its renewable energy policies, and county governments’ local planning and zoning prerogatives. But with this appeal pending, HB 1227 was defeated in the 2019 session.

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