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Best Project Water/Environment: Fort Smallwood Park Shoreline Stabilization

ENR Construction

On the site of a historic sea coast defense built in the late 1800s, this $4.5-million million shoreline stabilization project was designed to improve about 4,650 linear ft of shoreline with eroding banks that were unsafe for park visitors.

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Redundancy is the first line of defense during power grid cyberattacks

CK Power

In fact, former secretary of defense Leon Panetta was widely criticized for a 2012 speech that forecasted the fallout of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure — from derailed trains to paralyzed financial institutions, water contamination to electrical blackouts. It’s too easy to dismiss the subject as a far-fetched dystopian nightmare.

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Will the New York Green Bank Spur Increased Energy-Efficiency Investing Outside of the State?

Construction Dive

What will be the nationwide impact, if any, of the New York Green Bank, a bank that opened for business earlier this month with a partial mission of stimulating private financing of energy-efficiency projects? ” Will it? Read more.'

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Phase l Assessments for Tenants are the Hottest Environmental Issue in 2020

Green Building Law Update

In 2020, an increasingly large number of prospective tenants, from commercial banks to sports apparel retailers and the defense industry are actively seeking protection for existing contamination before signing leases. Such is a dramatically large issue with the economic contribution of real estate to the U.S.

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I Just Read my 1000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this Year

Green Building Law Update

In 2020, an increasingly large number of prospective tenants, from commercial banks to sports apparel retailers and the defense industry are actively seeking protection from existing contamination before signing leases. Such is a dramatically large issue with the economic contribution of real estate to the U.S.

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Electrical Component Shortage Requires Action

Pro Builder

NAHB used responses from the survey to analyze credit availability, similar to the Federal Reserve’s Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices ( SLOOS ). In addition to electrical transformers, switchboards and circuit breakers are also in short supply.

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Top contact center authentication stories of 2017

Construction Equipment

To protect themselves, consumers need to work with the credit monitoring agency and their bank to closely monitor their credit activity for, what some experts believe, the rest of their lives. This scandal showed why it is important to authenticate banking activities conducted by customers and employees.

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