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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

And interestingly, New York City passed a building code amendment last year requiring effective December 2020 the lowest 75 feet of new buildings to incorporate “avian-friendly materials” (. Since 1970, the researchers estimated, the North American bird population had declined by roughly 29%.

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Single-Family Starts, Permits Increased in June

Pro Builder

Single-Family Starts, Permits Increased in June. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 09:36. With low interest rates and high interest in homes, the demand for single-family starts and permits rose almost 12% in June. Single-family starts were estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 831,000 in June by Census/HUD, according to NAHB.

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Fed Economist Forecasts Uptick in Single-Family Construction

Pro Builder

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 million, but a number of challenges remain for regional builders across the U.S., NAHB reports. New-Construction Projects. Single-Family Homes.

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A Force Majeure Decision during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Green Building Law Update

The restaurant argues that this clause was triggered on March 16, 2020, the effective date of an Executive Order issued by Illinois Governor J. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, June 3, 2020. laws, governmental action or inaction, orders of government. The Bankruptcy judge, the Honorable Donald R.

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Test the Bounds of Job Order Contracting?

Job Order Contracting

B291940 (October 26, 2020), 2nd District Court of Appeal, involved a JOC contract, a JOC contractor who charged rates higher than those specified in the unit price book, and the JOC contractor’s defenses against claims by the public entity that it had overcharged for its work. The next case, Los Angeles Unified School District v.

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How to Estimate Construction Costs   

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Inaccurate estimates might not be the root of all evil, but they sure can derail a project. Far and away one of the most common reasons, however, is inaccurate budget estimates. When it comes to construction, estimating costs is a towering challenge. Let’s dive in. What is construction cost estimation?

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HRECs in a Phase l are Not Recognized Environmental Conditions

Green Building Law Update

The purpose of a Phase I is almost universally to permit a user to satisfy one of the requirements to qualify for the innocent landowner , contiguous property owner , or bona fide prospective purchaser limitations on CERCLA liability. It has been estimated there were more than 800,000 Phase Is completed last year in the U.S.

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