Pro Builder

JANUARY 19, 2021

Single-Family Permits 12% Higher Than Previous Year. Nationwide, issued single-family permits in November increased 12.2% In November 2020, permits reached 888,217, whereas, in November 2019, permits hit 791,452. The South experienced the highest growth of permits with a 14.4% Construction.

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Pro Builder

MARCH 15, 2021

Single-Family Permits Increase 19.2% The total number of issue single-family permits in January 2021 exceeded last year’s levels by 19.2%, for a total difference of 13,535 permits. The Midwest also noted the strongest decline in multifamily permits, with a year-over-year drop of 18.5%. Construction. Construction.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 19, 2020

August Was Robust for Single-Family Permits. Mon, 10/19/2020 - 12:49. Single-family permits during the first eight months of the year rose 6.9% Simultaneously, permits for multifamily construction saw a perhaps pandemic induce decline of 6.2% of the total single-family permits issued. Market Data + Trends.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Mon, 02/10/2020 - 16:39. The question of why commercial real estate construction contractors and developers should be adopting advanced, user-friendly technologies and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems is easy to answer. Is Tech Adoption Worth the Pain? Elizabeth Manning.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

July Single-Family Permits See Year-Over-Year Increase. Wed, 09/16/2020 - 09:23. There were more single-family permits issued in July this year than last year, with a year-over-year increase of 5.8%. In July 2019, there were 496,726 single-family permits issued nationwide. In multifamily permits, Midwest reported a 1.4%

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 15, 2020

National Gains for Single-Family Permits Led By the South. Tue, 12/15/2020 - 09:40. Nationwide, the number of issued single-family permits has surpassed 2019 levels, but some states reported significant declines. The South issued the most single-family permits compared to 2019, experiencing a 13.3% Construction.

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Constructlaw

JUNE 1, 2020

4:19-cv-00044-BMM, 2020 BL 35412 (9th Cir. May 14, 2020) By: Alexander P. Downs*, Law Clerk, Pepper Hamilton LLP Oil and gas pipeline construction may no longer proceed under Nationwide Water Permit 12 (“NWP 12”). United States Army Corps of Eng’rs, No.

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GCP Applied Technologies

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Five Ways to Accelerate Construction. Wed, 12/09/2020 - 17:29. December 09, 2020. From extreme weather to inadequate supply of workers, construction projects are prone to disruptions. From extreme weather to inadequate supply of workers, construction projects are prone to disruptions. Phillip.fry@gc…. Air barriers.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 7, 2020

The 440th session of the Maryland General Assembly commenced on January 8, 2020. Despite the abridged session, the legislature acted on 1,664 House bills and 12 resolutions and 1,081 Senate bills and 6 resolutions with 667 bills passing both chambers before they adjourned sine die on March 18, 2020. Mary’s for 90 days).

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 7, 2020

The 440th session of the Maryland General Assembly commenced on January 8, 2020. Despite the abridged session, the legislature acted on 1,664 House bills and 12 resolutions and 1,081 Senate bills and 6 resolutions with 667 bills passing both chambers before they adjourned sine die on March 18, 2020. Mary’s for 90 days).

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Pro Builder

AUGUST 4, 2020

New Housing Permits Drop to 8-Year Low in Southern California. Tue, 08/04/2020 - 09:34. Southern California’s construction industry has been hit hard by the state’s shelter-in-place orders, resulting in an eight year low. Construction. cbroderick. This marks the slowest quarter since the end of 2012. Read More .

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Fed Economist Forecasts Uptick in Single-Family Construction. After decades of underbuilding and a recent shift to remote work, Rappaport predicts that national single-family permits could eventually rise to a long-term annual rate of 1.4 New-Construction Projects. New-Construction Projects. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 10:24.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2020

Howard County, Maryland has become the first jurisdiction in the state and one of few places in the country to pass a mandatory “bird-friendly design” law for new construction of privately owned buildings. The County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits statistics indicate it would apply to less than 1% of permits issued each year.

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Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Single-Family Starts Drive New-Home Construction Surge. Thu, 11/19/2020 - 10:34. The number of new-home construction starts jumped 4.9% Builders began construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.53 million in October while permits remained at September’s same level of 1.545 million. Construction.

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 28, 2022

The Desert Comfort Experience Home: Navigating a Perfect Storm to Get Construction Underway. The Desert Comfort net-zero energy home in the Arizona desert weathered its share of delays before construction even started, highlighting inefficiencies in building industry permitting and inspections processes—all exacerbated by the pandemic.

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GCP Applied Technologies

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Five Ways to Accelerate Construction. Wed, 12/09/2020 - 17:29. December 09, 2020. From extreme weather to inadequate supply of workers, construction projects are prone to disruptions. From extreme weather to inadequate supply of workers, construction projects are prone to disruptions. Phillip.fry@gc…. Air barriers.

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 3, 2019

With the countdown on to 2020 – and the start of a brand-new decade right around the corner – it’s time for our annual look back at the commercial construction industry “highs” and “lows” from 2019. Even as the labor situation improves, it’s being outpaced by a high commercial construction activity level across the country.

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Pro Builder

MARCH 29, 2021

10 Cities That Will Dominate Home Construction in 2021. Amid soaring home prices and crazy bidding wars, builders trying to put a dent in the insatiable demand for housing have applied for 14% more permits so far this year compared with the same 2020 period, per the U.S. Mon, 03/29/2021 - 10:38. Census Bureau. .

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ENR Construction

JANUARY 29, 2020

Safety, streamlined project permitting and technology are key priorities for the U.S. of Transportation in 2020.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 7, 2019

A version of this post was published in Illinois Real Estate Journal as a byline article from Englewood Construction. Earlier this summer, Englewood Construction’s home state of Illinois passed a bill making it the 11 th state in the U.S. to legalize the use of recreational marijuana. Timing Is Everything.

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Construction Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

increase from the same time period in 2020, according to Realtor.com. In regard to tree removal, The Spruce notes that in addition to checking with your local permitting agency (as you may need to secure a permit to remove a tree), you’ll also need to have the right safety gear and tools for the job (in addition to working with a partner).

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Pro Builder

JULY 21, 2022

Single-Family Starts Fall to Two-Year Low as Construction Costs Rise, Demand Softens. The pace of single-family housing starts is slowing, but over 800,000 homes are currently under construction across the U.S. There are currently 856,000 apartments under construction, up 24% from a year ago. New-Construction Projects.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Single-Family Home Construction Time Increases Again. Tue, 09/22/2020 - 09:48. months to finish constructing a single-family home in 2019, from authorization to start until completion. months to complete construction and 7.7 These six divisions had average time from permit to completion exceeding the nation’s average (8.0

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

But Canada-owned natural gas export project now is paused, with more risk faced from lack of permits and energy market shifts

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Constructlaw

APRIL 24, 2020

Tom Wolf amended his March 19, 2020 Order Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining. Under the previous order, construction was permitted to continue only if the business qualified as “life-sustaining” and was performing emergency repairs or if the business obtained a waiver.

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Constructlaw

APRIL 1, 2021

Given the role international arbitration serves in connection with international construction projects, construction practitioners and industry representatives should pay close attention to the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision. 2020), cert. FedEx Corp. , 3d 710 (6th Cir. In re Servotronics, Inc. , Servotronics, Inc.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Home builders slowed their pace of new construction in September as higher interest rates continued to price out a growing share of would-be buyers. to an annual rate of 892,000, the lowest level since May 2020, Reuters reports. in September to the lowest level recorded since June 2020. New-Construction Projects.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 31, 2019

In construction, however, signs point to at least one more big year, with a rush of infrastructure projects getting rolled out, new technologies showing positive impacts and new ideas to overcome labor shortages. A number of high-profile infrastructure projects could give the construction industry a boost in 2019. In New York, Gov.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Construction Time for Multifamily Buildings Increases, Continuing Upward Trend. Mon, 09/14/2020 - 10:04. Continuing the upward trend from the past seven years, the average length of time for multifamily construction to conclude in 2019 was 17.3 months, five to nine unit building construction took 16.6 Construction.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 9, 2021

The lower court determined that the NYC Zoning Resolution did not permit a developer to utilize a portion of a tax lot to merge with a neighboring zoning lot. The inclusion of partial tax lots in a zoning lot is not expressly discussed in the NYC Zoning Resolution, but was permitted by a 1978 Department of Buildings memo.

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Constructlaw

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Army Corps of Engineers denied a construction permit for Alaska’s Pebble Mine project to proceed in accordance with the Clean Water Act (CWA). [1] The project’s developers applied for a permit under the CWA, requiring the Army Corps to assess the project’s potential impact on nearby bodies of water. 25, 2020), [link].

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Pro Builder

JUNE 29, 2020

Mon, 06/29/2020 - 09:42. The housing market’s rebound from COVID-19 is stronger than predicted, with each month seeing large jumps in mortgage applications, permits, and builder sentiment. Last month’s HMI survey revealed that just 22% of builders nationwide cut prices in April 2020. Construction. cbroderick.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 9, 2021

The lower court determined that the NYC Zoning Resolution did not permit a developer to utilize a portion of a tax lot to merge with a neighboring zoning lot. The inclusion of partial tax lots in a zoning lot is not expressly discussed in the NYC Zoning Resolution, but was permitted by a 1978 Department of Buildings memo. FOOTNOTES. [1]

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 28, 2019

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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Job Order Contracting

JULY 28, 2021

Most contractors have heard of design-bid-build, design-build, construction manager at risk, and even public private partnerships, various project delivery methods, which, at their heart, focus on balancing the interests of the various parties involved in a construction project, from owners, to design professionals, to contractors.

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Pro Builder

JULY 6, 2020

Mon, 07/06/2020 - 09:21. When New York City permitted residential home construction in their first reopening phase, workers picked up where they left off on renovations, but it would not be the same jobsite welcoming them back. Construction. The New, Slow Reality of Renovations. cbroderick.

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Constructlaw

MARCH 10, 2023

ALS’s subcontract permitted the DOT to hold back 60% of its payments to assure ALS would warranty the work, which ALS did with site checks performed between June 2019 and May 2020. At trial, however, ALS attempted to portray its 2019-2020 site checks as part of its “core contractual obligations.”

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