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Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously

Green Building Law Update

The change is significant for buildings pursuing LEED or Green Globes certification, for buildings with GSA or other government space leases tied to an ENERGY STAR score of 75, for buildings in cities with mandatory benchmarking, and for the more than 450,000 commercial properties that have an ENERGY STAR score.

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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital

Green Building Law Update

Proceeds from these corporate bonds will be used to fund “eligible green building projects” including the acquisition, construction, development or redevelopment of projects that will pursue LEED certification. In November 2013, Bank of America issued the first ever U.S. exclusively for green building.

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Legal Documents Required for Purchase of Property

CivilJungle

Commencement Certificate. documents are required when you are buying any in production from a designer, and a commencement certificate is the way of papers and things to verify before purchasing a property or land. No Objection Certificate. Land Use Certificate. Encumbrance Certificate. Completion Certificate.

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Prevailing Wages in Pennsylvania: What Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

How to deal with higher labor costs. If you don’t have sufficient cash in the bank, you need to find ways to delay paying for some project costs until you get paid by your customer. Electric Lineman $49.22 $ 27.36 $76.58 Painters Class 1 $23.92 $14.37 $38.29. Public projects are notorious for long payment delays.

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Are you associated with the global AEC industry in any way? Don’t want to bite the hand that feeds you but want to take part in the action that will make the AEC of the future a better place to be? Now is your chance!

DebunkTheBIM

When the money is showing in the MMA account (details below) · A PDF certificate will be forwarded showing a. Bank name: HSBC Beneficiary: Zolna Murray Bank Account: 845-052356-833 Swift code: HSBCHKHHHKH Bank address: No. Shareholder reference/alias, b. share number, c. Let’s lift the game!

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House Builders Want Unique Construction Accounting

Contractor Bookkeeping

The Seasoned Builder has processes in place for Bidding, tracking Certificate of Insurance , W9’s and making sure that a Specialty Contractor is paid only once for the work that is performed. Now Or Later: Are you willing to learn the “Right Way” to deal with your accounting needs? Casual Builders Have Preconceived Ideas.

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Navistar Makes U-Turn on Diesel Engines, Arrives at Cummins.

ENR Construction

Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Navistars switch to SCR will impact supply deals, such as the truck it makes for Caterpillar. Navistar Submits 13-Liter Engine for EPA Certification. -- Advertising --. Gulf Oil Spill. -->. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. -->.