ENR Construction

JULY 4, 2022

Hardesty & Hanover analysis points to ground instability, materials used and recent rainfall among factors in 2021 incident on Direct Connection project, but state DOT won't comment on rebuild cost or liability

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NH Construction Law

MARCH 28, 2021

19-0593 (OSHRC March 8, 2021), a general contractor on a residential roofing contract entered into a subcontract that allocated safety responsibility to the installing sub and specified that the GC “cannot reasonably be expected to prevent, detect or abate violative conditions by reason of its limited role on the project.”

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 27, 2020

In 2021 this blog will continue providing strategic intelligence on environmental law, including critical insights into sustainability and green building for the business community, not just for lawyers. In descending order these are the posts that had the most traffic: COVID-19 Liability for Building Owners.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Mon, 09/27/2021 - 11:31. On the liabilities side of real estate’s balance sheet, home mortgages rose by $220 billion in the last quarter to $11.3 On the liabilities side of real estate’s balance sheet, home mortgages rose by $220 billion in the last quarter to $11.3 Real Estate Values Spike. trillion to $34.9

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Pro Builder

JULY 6, 2021

Tue, 07/06/2021 - 12:00. OSHA issued the ETS in June 2021 and announced that the new standard applies only to workers in health care settings. During the first quarter of 2021, the value of real estate assets increased faster than real estate liabilities. trillion, a $940 billion gain, by the end of March 2021.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Wed, 09/08/2021 - 09:22. Americans held $34 trillion in real estate assets in the first quarter of 2021, or about 23% of total household assets, according to Federal Reserve data. Households also had $11 trillion in total home mortgage liabilities. Survey Finds Many Renters Worry About Homeownership. cbroderick.

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 23, 2023

Management accounts to December 31 2021 showed a turnover of £17m generating a net profit of £177,000. MEC specialised in small to medium projects within the M25 across heritage, residential, commercial, healthcare and schools sectors with revenue peaking at around £23m before covid.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program. 9601) and petroleum products.”.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

For another, work delays from 2021 are likely to impact the risk of subcontractor default in 2022 and beyond. . Formula: (Cash and Cash Equivalents + Marketable Securities + Accounts Receivables) / Current Liabilities . Formula: Current Assets / Liabilities . Formula: Total Liabilities / Total Assets .

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 25, 2021

The Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard E1527-13 will sunset in late 2021, eight years from its approval on November 6, 2013. Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law. 9601) and petroleum products.”

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Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Tue, 11/23/2021 - 10:12. The new law ends a tax liability for builders installing new water or sewer infrastructure to support additional housing in areas served by a corporate, for-profit water utility. How NAHB Members Can Benefit From Biden’s New Infrastructure Measure.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 31, 2021

As made clear by the January 14, 2021 EPA action, the response is “no” that the standard practice for environmental site assessments in the vast majority of places does not consider PFAS, however, Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a group of more than 4,000 man-made chemicals that include PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals.

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Pro Builder

AUGUST 3, 2021

Tue, 08/03/2021 - 09:52. In some states, affected utilities were required to pass this tax liability to the developer, resulting in CIAC surcharges as high as 40%. Senate Reinstates Water and Sewer Exemption in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. cbroderick. In June, Sens.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 17, 2021

Thu, 06/17/2021 - 10:43. Managing Rising Construction Costs: Insurance. cbroderick. Builders and remodelers may be subjected to coinsurance penalties as a result of rising building material prices if they do not make changes to their policies.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 7, 2020

Exceptions are made for certain limited uses of chlorpyrifos, allowing them to continue until June 30, 2021, and, with specified authorization from the Maryland Department of Agriculture, until December 31, 2021. The bill also establishes liability protections for MDE and the State.

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Pro Builder

MAY 4, 2021

Tue, 05/04/2021 - 09:19. Chuck Fowke, NAHB 2021 Chairman. NAHB was recently selected as one of just three recipients of a 2021 Innovation Grant from the American Society of Association Executives Research Foundation. NAHB Chairman's Letter: Mental Health and Worker Well-Being.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On November 4, 2021, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced it is revamping the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The changes are intended to make the program more streamlined and flexible, which, in turn, will make it easier (and cheaper) for contractors to implement. did not allow for self-assessments.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Those lawsuits primarily assert that the extraction, production, sale, and promotion of fossil fuels constitute a public nuisance and give rise to product liability under state common law and state consumer protection statutes; the plaintiffs are seeking relief largely in the form of compensatory and punitive damages.

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NH Construction Law

JUNE 26, 2023

imposes liability for knowingly making a false or fraudulent “claim,” or a false record or statement material to such a claim, in order to obtain funds from the federal government. 2021), cert. For government contractors, there can be serious repercussions if those representations are knowingly false. § 3729 et seq.,

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In April of 2018, UL issued an effective date notice establishing May 5, 2021 for the new requirements. However, the bad news is that UL suggested a new timeframe for manufacturers to comply with this requirement and added an additional three years to the established date of May 5, 2021.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 7, 2020

Exceptions are made for certain limited uses of chlorpyrifos, allowing them to continue until June 30, 2021, and, with specified authorization from the Maryland Department of Agriculture, until December 31, 2021. The bill also establishes liability protections for MDE and the State.

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Construction Specifier

APRIL 14, 2023

Accelerated by the pandemic and social discontent, the scenario has shifted, according to the Ontic Center’s “2021 State of Protective Intelligence Report: A Mandate for Proactive Protective Intelligence in the Era of Exponential Physical Security Threats.”

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Natural Building

JANUARY 28, 2022

Older buildings are often seen as a liability, while much new development still operates on a “take, make, waste” model — an extractive model for growth that’s the opposite of sustainable. Toronto’s Distillery District is shown lit up for Christmas 2021.

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NH Construction Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In the construction setting, however, that type of severability is rare; it will almost always turn out that “the evidence necessary to prove liability under one theory was also relevant to proving liability under the other theory,” id. A recent case from Tennessee affirmed an award of $201,255.50 Issa Construction, LLC, v.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 5, 2019

billion in maintenance and repairs expected from 2012 to 2021 and anticipates that nearly a quarter of this amount is needed immediately. These concerns are consistent with the National Research Council’s findings that each $1 in deferred maintenance and repair work results in a long-term capital liability of $4 to $5. – GAO-12-646.

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Constructlaw

JUNE 17, 2022

Weyerhauser NR , 2021 WL 5707117 (Colo. The court first articulated the principle underlying the Economic Loss Doctrine: “[C]ontracting parties should be held to the ‘terms of their bargain’ and should ‘confidently allocate risks and costs … without fear that unanticipated liability may arise in the future.” Dream Finders Homes LLC v.

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Levelset

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as “Superfund,” covers improper disposal or intent to dispose of hazardous waste. View the list of chemicals subject to CERCLA here. Under 42 U.S.C.

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NH Construction Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

218-2020-CV-0585 (Rockingham County, February 26, 2021). ” Summary judgment was entered for the painting subcontractor on liability, leaving for another day the issue of damages. Such a provision was part of a commercial painting subcontract in Hate to Paint, LLC v. Ambrose Development, LLC , No.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 1, 2021

Thu, 04/01/2021 - 11:28. For some architects, being on the jobsite is a vital part of their work process, while for others, they see job site visits as a series of obligations fraught with increased liability. . Architects on the Jobsite. Life of an Architect Podcast. I personally love going to jobsites and all that entails.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 4, 2022

million by 2021, growth that’s largely spurred by the amount of new, innovative projects that are being planned in construction. However, there’s also the liability that may come with using printers rather than humans to perform certain construction tasks. 3D Printing Concrete. Concrete, specifically, is one of them.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Mon, 10/04/2021 - 03:22. With that, “Once we have the process thoroughly outlined and understood, backed by the source book, it saves time on each project,” he says, while reducing costs and limiting liability. Restart Your New-Community Start-Up Process. Scott Sedam, Contributing Editor.

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Levelset

JUNE 16, 2022

A large amount of that funding is going to go directly to individual states, and with the state adopting new laws in 2021 that reconfigure the bidding process — along with adding the “design-build” option to the public construction process — there are plenty of opportunities for contractors across New Jersey.

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Pro Builder

AUGUST 5, 2022

Consider these elements of a training and awareness program to save lives, mitigate injuries, and reduce liability and costs . Selective Insurance recently released the results of a 10-year study of workplace injury trends , based on 110,000 workers’ compensation claims between 2011 and 2021. billion in workforce education.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 7, 2021

Wed, 04/07/2021 - 14:54. A purpose-built solution that aims to eradicate the tedium and liability associated with money flow management in construction, this tool offers complete visibility into every stage of an invoice’s life cycle — from conception to completion. Greg Ragsdale.

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NH Construction Law

JANUARY 23, 2021

Some of these tests are quite restrictive, making it difficult to classify a worker as an independent contractor On January 6, 2021, the U.S. There is accordingly no universal standard, meaning that employers/hirers may face liabilities under one law and not under another. Business interests like it. Unions hate it.

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NH Construction Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

.” The new rules replace what is widely viewed as a more employer-friendly test adopted by the Trump Administration’s DOL in its waning days in January 2021. It is easy to see why the construction industry prefers the 2021 approach. Moreover, these six factors are not exhaustive.”

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NH Construction Law

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Citizenship Act of 2021 , which would have provided pathways to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, has fizzled, and his efforts to keep DACA going have taken a beating in the courts. On November 1 it announced plans to bring in 1.45 million immigrant workers over the next three years to ease its labor shortage.

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