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Phases of Commercial Real Estate Development

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This includes analyzing factors such as zoning regulations, transportation access, and market demand. After acquiring the property, the developer must design and plan the project, considering factors such as building codes and zoning regulations, the intended use of the property, and the target market.

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Why You Should Understand DBE Laws and Regulations

Best Practices Construction Law

I recently spoke to a group of highway contractors about disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) laws and regulations and some of the different policies among the state departments of transportation. Joint bank accounts with prime and DBE contractor. Prime contractor facilitated purchase of DBE-owned business.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) may adopt regulations to implement the bills. In Maryland, over 640,000 public school students receive transportation services.

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Travel and COVID-19: Say goodbye to economy class as the golden era of cheap travel is declared over

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The golden era of affordable international travel, which enabled hundreds of millions of people to travel to all corners of the world, has been declared over with COVID-19 social distancing regulations and other health measures set to undermine the viability of airlines.

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Prevailing Wages in Minnesota: What Contractors Should Know

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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. Certified payroll reports are reviewed by the contracting authority and either the Department of Transportation or the Bureau of Labor, depending on the type of construction involved.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Green Building Law Update

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. As such, the bill retroactively allows qualified conservation that was completed in a forest mitigation bank on or before December 31, 2020, to be used, under both State and local forest conservation programs.

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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BFTDA Alternative Energy Development Program (AEDP): Provides funds to businesses through the four Ben Franklin Technology Partners for access to capital, business expertise, technology commercialization services to advance the development of new technologies and for the generation, conservation and transportation of alternative and clean energy.