Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 24, 2020

This blog provides an overview of practical issues to consider related to your California construction projects in light of the ever-changing landscape. California’s list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” [1] exempts all construction work from the purview of California’s statewide “Stay at Home” Order. [2]

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Construction Specifier

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These zones continue to expand because of ongoing population growth and urban sprawl, driving significant housing development into environments in which fire can move readily from forests and grasslands into neighborhoods. 1 Why are people still building, and rebuilding in WUI zones? Primarily for affordability.

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Pro Builder

MAY 11, 2022

Nevada buyers undaunted by rising mortgage rates are putting pressure on local builders to create more housing supply. High demand throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is spilling over into the 2022 housing market despite a new set of financial challenges for prospective buyers. Local Builders. Construction. New-Home Sales.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The state’s workforce was a major factor in the company choosing California. California offers us an excellent business environment, a talented workforce and exceptional market access,” said Ulrich Eichler, president and COO for the DRÄXLMAIER Group in the Americas. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In California.

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Pro Builder

MARCH 24, 2021

These housing solutions are most popular in California, according to Forbes, due to liberalized codes allowing ADUs to be constructed on existing home sites. Permits for ADUs increased 11-fold in the last few years, says one California certified senior real estate specialist. Multi-generational Living Surges.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 4, 2021

Quail Springs Permaculture , an educational non-profit in Southern California, built the houses over the span of a few months. Quail Springs cob house. Cob house located in East Devon, England. Another factor, Rabin says, is that building a cob house can be tricky on an administrative level. Credit: John Orcutt).

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Pro Builder

AUGUST 26, 2021

Only permitting new multifamily developments on single-family lots is the most recent move by Sacramento lawmakers meant to address the housing shortage, but it’s expected to make little impact. The legislation, SB 9, would allow up to four new housing units on a single-family lot in certain neighborhoods. Housing Markets.

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Construction Law Monitor

MARCH 28, 2012

housing market tanked. Just last week CNN reported very good numbers for building permits nation wide. According to the article, new home building permits are up from month to month and a large amount from this time last year. Some sites like yahoo.com published a Reuters article stating that there is a “housing comeback.”

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2018

California. AB 1431 – Permits Job Order Contracting for K-12 Districts. House Bill Analysis Job Order Contracting HB 2412. AB-14 Public contracts: job order contracting. 2003-2004). Authorizes job order contract to all K-12 school districts, that have entered into project labor agreements, for public works over $25,000.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 22, 2020

The largest drop between March and April is looking to become a thing of the past with contract and permit applications working their way up. The 12 metro areas with median prices above $450,000 (seven of which are in California) all saw home sales decline between 38% and 58% from a year earlier. Home sales fell 30.8%

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BD+C

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Cracking the code of affordable housing 0 qpurcell Fri, 10/20/2023 - 09:03 Affordable Housing Perkins Eastman's affordable housing projects show how designers can help to advance the conversation of affordable housing. His team is writing guidelines for transit-oriented developments that incorporate affordable housing. “As

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Natural Building

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This is why Paula Paoli and Owen Ingley are in Las Marías, Puerto Rico, and hope to introduce a new construction technique that helps homeowners avoid the destruction of houses in the future. ” Typical shipping container homes and tiny houses can cost from $10,000 to $180,000 to build, according to HomeAdvisor. “An

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Natural Building

JANUARY 4, 2022

Take time to look at the risks and rewards (and limitations) while considering a straw bale house. Straw bale houses are considered eco-friendly thanks to the main material, straw, being a completely renewable byproduct of the agricultural industry.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 25, 2015

That is, most consumers of electricity are not, today, permitted to aggregate their purchase of photovoltaic generated electricity with others, except through their electric power utility. Today there are only a handful of community projects actually producing power in Arizona, Colorado, California and Maryland.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 17, 2013

No state has a brighter employment picture: there are so many jobs being created in the Peace Garden State—(yep, that’s what the locals call it, and no, it’s not a more sedate version of New Jersey)—that many new hires are having a hard time finding lodging, sleeping in their cars or RVs while new housing is built. Map of U.S.

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Natural Building

JULY 22, 2008

Californias Green Building Code. California has adopted the nations first statewide green-building standards, which will become mandatory in 2010. The new California Green Buildings Standards Code requires builders to reduce energy use by 15 to 30 percent beyond current standards and use more recycled materials. Yeah California!

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Natural Building

MAY 2, 2021

Located 20 minutes from Willits in the heart of Mendocino County, California, Abuela Gardens is a working demonstration site dedicated to helping the growth and healing of all beings through a continued dialogue with nature, water, food, and medicine. He helped organize the first Natural Building Colloquium in 1994. Smith, and Michael Flynn.

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 2, 2021

New California Duplex Law Permits Development in Residential Neighborhoods. Senate Bill 9, a California law scheduled to take effect January 1, will allow multi-unit housing in neighborhoods previously reserved for single-family homes, but some cities are fighting back with new restrictions. Housing Policy + Finance.

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Julian Construction

MARCH 5, 2012

House Leveling. Earthquake Retrofitting or House Bolting. A contractor manages the entire project from start to finish, including architectural planning, securing any required building permits, as well as providing all of the materials, equipment and labor that will be needed. Julian Construction Blog. Shawn Kyles. Contact Info.

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Natural Building

MARCH 9, 2010

Small Cob Buildings without Permits! Super-Insulated Houses. and how about the poor guy who buys the house couple years later only to have the roof fall in on him. Not all owner/builders need detailed plans to build a safe house. Magnesium Based Cement. Green Electrical Contracting. Responding to Catastrophe. Zafera said.

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Julian Construction

DECEMBER 7, 2011

House Leveling. Earthquake Retrofitting or House Bolting. By Shawn Kyles California homeowners spend millions of dollars each year on construction projects such as adding a new bathroom, repairing a foundation , framing, wall installation, upgrading a kitchen, creating a home office, building a deck, and re-roofing.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2018

The primary advantage of JOC has historically been is the flexibility permitted in ordered quantities and delivery scheduling. A public agency can place orders with one or more contractors when the actual need appears and received on-demand services from a vetted service provider. The Advantages of JOC. Unite States Congress. Sandner, C.

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Pro Builder

MARCH 22, 2023

is grappling with a dearth of new housing, these fast-growing markets are seeing an uptick in new-construction projects For years, a housing shortage has been at the core of a widening affordability crisis, but not all regional markets are quite so undersupplied. with a total of 5,318 permits issued in 2022, and Salisbury, Md.,

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 23, 2017

Located in an amenity-rich area with high-quality housing choices and top performing schools. Additionally, Peoria by far is a low cost option for both business and workforce attraction when compared to Austin and Dallas Texas, Denver Colorado, Salt Lake City Utah, San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles California.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction. About 15 years ago, the California-based builder Wathen Castanos Homes agreed to be a “guinea pig” for testing the construction of a single home using prefabricated wall panels made by a supplier in Nevada. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 14:02. John Caulfield, Contributing Editor.

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Natural Building

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Super-Insulated Houses. Small Cob Buildings without Permits! cob homes or studios that can be built in most localities without the need for a building permit, because they fall below the minimum square footage that is set by the standard International Residential Code. View my complete profile. LEED Credit Tracking Software.

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Julian Construction

AUGUST 29, 2012

House Leveling. Earthquake Retrofitting or House Bolting. We here at Julian Construction can do architectural planning, permits for new projects to a home and general construction, as well as our specialty, foundation repair, replacement, and earthquake retrofitting. Julian Construction Blog. Shawn Kyles. Contact Info.

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Julian Construction

DECEMBER 1, 2010

House Leveling. Earthquake Retrofitting or House Bolting. This includes all permits, engineering, and fixing any stucco and siding. Julian Construction is a Southern California leader in earthquake retrofitting and foundation repair. Julian Construction Blog. Shawn Kyles. Partner, Julian Construction. Contact Info.

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Natural Building

MARCH 5, 2010

Small Cob Buildings without Permits! Super-Insulated Houses. Michael points out that a team of workers could build a small house in one day, and people could be living in it the next. I can think of several projects that I would like to use it for (structures in the garden, like a tea house). View my complete profile.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Louisiana edged out another emerging digital media powerhouse, Utah, and outpaced perennial media centers New York and California to take the top ranking in BF’s Digital Media Leaders category. California, Washington, Texas Soar In Aerospace. Southern California, Washington’s Puget Sound and the Dallas/Ft.

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

1 home builder in building permits and construction value, scaring off every large-volume, multistate production operation that dared enter Ivory’s Wasatch Mountain lair. Design Within Reach—Exploring Attainable Housing Options. After all, during his absence, Ivory Homes had strengthened its place as Utah’s No. and Outward.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 21, 2017

Put simply, land, labor, and capital are more affordable in Florida than in California or New York, for example. The state’s regulatory agencies and local governments provide quicker, less costly and more predictable permitting processes for significant economic development projects without reducing environmental standards.

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Revit OpEd

MARCH 13, 2021

It permits examining a model in ways that Revit can't. Keep in mind the view was a white screen of nothing.imagining gazing toward Earth from Mars and trying to pick out where California is or my house. I've been meaning to mention how much I like IDEATE Explorer (IE).

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 3, 2022

Vaughan Buckley: We have about 50 employees in California [as of late November], and a good portion of them are returning employees from Katerra’s operation. VB: Yeah, the traditional home builders are more interested in seeing a panelized program out of the factory for their housing which we're open to.

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Pro Builder

MAY 17, 2021

House Plans for a Post-COVID Reality. The study led to a design meeting with Dahlin Group, an architecture and planning firm based in California, and the regional Raleigh, North Carolina-production builder Garman Homes. On the front of the house is a porch and guest entry. Show Village 2021: 3 Idea Homes for the Way We Live Now.

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PSMJ Resources

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

MHC says starts rise in August; housing is mixed; retail remains weak; industrial gains. Single-family housing continues to see homebuyer demand restrained by the sluggish economic environment and more restrictive lending standards. from August 2010; permits, a reliable indicator of near-term single family construction, rose 2.5%

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CivilJungle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Rainwater can be used in washing cars and cleaning the house’s exteriors. The storage tank should be built near the house to store the water properly and use the water. Microscopic filters come with a sealed housing comprising a bag or a cartridge. Why Is It Illegal to Collect Rainwater in California? California.

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