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Sustainability and Facilities Management in the Public Sector

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Sustainability and Facilities Management in the Public Sector are critical issues from both environmental and economic perspectives. The post Sustainability and Facilities Management in the Public Sector appeared first on 4BT.

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LEED can Help Mitigate Legal Risks in ESG Disclosures

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This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that with green building practices companies can mitigate their legal risk while still being responsive to the trend of investor demands for more disclosure. Make no mistake, there is no U.S. Such offers no good guidance for U.S. best practices.

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Effective Public Sector Construction Project Management

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For decades attention has failed to focus on the need for continuous, competent, and accountable leadership and the effects upon finances, reputations, relationships, communities, and overall organizational missions. Physical Infrastructure Project Management impacts environmental, financial, organizational, and community sustainability.

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Indoor Marijuana Growing Accounts for Over 1% of all Electric Consumption in the U.S.

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Indoor marijuana growing operations accounted for over 1% of all electric consumption in the U.S., In California, marijuana production accounted for about 3% of electric use, according to the study. Although non legal marijuana growing is hard to calculate, the association with high energy use has been accepted for decades.

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Integrated Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Solution

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Achieving and Maintaining Excellence Requires – Collaboration, Team Alignment and Tracking, Accountability, Clarity of Goals, Problem Solving, Fiscal Transparency, Robust Process, Common/Shared Data Environment, Levelling Up Team Knowledge. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and. 4 Adoption of.

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Preventing Falls: How Contractors can Master Ladder Safety One Step at a Time

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The Shocking Truth About Ladder Mishaps As careful as we may try to be, the reality is over 22,000 people are reported injured yearly due to ladder-related accidents; of these, over 100 people sustained fatal injuries. In 2020 alone, construction sites accounted for over 5,000 of these reports.

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Pension Funds Must Now Consider Environmental, Social and Governance Factors

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Labor Department released Interpretive Bulletin 2015-01 providing guidance on the investment duties of pension plans when considering investments, now requiring that they take into account environmental, social and governance factors. Given the huge impact that investments from U.S. The new guidance is no doubt positive.