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Sabal Trail Natural Gas Pipeline Gets Final Permits

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billion Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline now that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have finalized permits. The project will carry natural gas 55 miles through Alabama, 196 miles through Georgia, and 214 miles into Florida. Construction may start as soon as Wednesday on the $3.2-billion

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Environmental Regulations in Construction: What Contractors Need to Know

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Environmental laws provide the backbone for permitting and reporting requirements on construction projects, while a wide variety of state and municipal laws impose even stricter rules. NPDES permits are issued by states that have obtained EPA approval to issue permits or by EPA Regions in states without such approval.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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In addition, businesses that qualify for technology zone grants will receive reimbursements up to 100 percent of the cost for building permits and site plan review permits for the property subject to technology zone grants. AIDT, a division of the Alabama Department of Commerce, is the state’s primary workforce training program.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

And there is some form of privacy law in at least 48 states (but not Alabama and South Dakota), including by way of example the California’s groundbreaking 2003 Data Security Breach Reporting Law , but most of those are reactive, that is most laws in the U.S. establish requirements for a business after a data breach.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

He did return every summer to work on a permit as a union carpenter with his father. The Korte Company decided to go after a six-story, 235,000-square foot NASA engineering facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Jenny had commissioned a well-known St. In 1969, he earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture. .

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State by State Incentives Guide

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ALABAMA - updated for 2014. Alabama Infrastructure Grant Program: Funds are available to public entities for extension of water, sewer and road facilities to service new or expanding industries. Businesses that request CAPCO investment funding must meet certain criteria and requirements set by the Alabama Development Office.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.

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