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30+ Construction Industry Statistics for EMEA

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Spending on construction accounted for 13% of the global GDP in 2020; it’s expected to reach over 13.5% The European Union’s (EU) total investment in construction in 2020 was €1.4 The fastest-growing sector between 2020 and 2025 is forecasted to be infrastructure. It accounted for 44% of total global construction in 2020.

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Stephen Tucker, a helping hand

The Korte Company

Army National Guard soldiers have been standing in for food bank volunteers ordered to shelter in place. With graduation comes a commission as a second lieutenant. But in 2020, all that was out the window. Supporting food bank operations at home in Houston. The food bank was in dire need of help.

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Maryland to Commit to World Economic Forum’s One Trillion Trees Initiative Tree Planting

Green Building Law Update

The bill will create business opportunities for savvy players in the environmental industrial complex, not only when it creates mandated government appropriations through 2031 that will have a net effect of $15 Million a year, but dramatically creating private sector opportunities in forest mitigation banking.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Maryland law sets mandatory recycling rates for state government and local jurisdictions, as well as a voluntary statewide recycling goal of 60% by 2020. Senate Bill 370 (passed) requires that each county recycling plan address the collection and recycling of recyclable materials from specified large office buildings by October 1, 2020.

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The Ultimate Construction Holiday Gift Guide 2020

Construction Junkie

For more gift ideas, be sure to check out our Ultimate Construction Holiday Gift Guides from 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 or our past Father's Day Gift Guides from 2018 , 2019 , and 2020. This post contains affiliate links, which earn us a small commission for the things that you buy. Ultimate Construction Holiday Gift Guide 2020 Under $50.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Green Building Law Update

The Maryland Attorney General recently issued an opinion concluding that the placement of a protective easement on an already existing forest, as opposed to intentionally created or restored forest, does not qualify for forest mitigation banking. Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Change, and Tree Planting.

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Tapping LA’s Rooftop Solar Potential Could Benefit City’s Most Disadvantaged Communities

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The report finds that expanding the program to 600 megawatts will help Los Angeles achieve a state mandate to generate a third of its energy from renewable resources by 2020. “As California confronts a severe drought and a rapidly changing climate, this program gives homeowners another opportunity to do their part.”