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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

Pro Builder

Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction. To assist those interested in making the journey, Pro Builder and the Pittsburgh-based Housing Innovation Alliance initiated a comprehensive “IC Road Map” with the help of a working group consisting of home builders, suppliers, researchers, and other industry experts.

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LEED Certified Residential Building is Now the Law in Key West

Green Building Law Update

On November 6, the City Commission of Key West, Florida unanimously adopted Ordinance 13-19 establishing LEED Certified level certification or Florida Green Building Coalition Bronze level certification as a prerequisite to all residential construction.

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7 key benefits of Lean construction for wind farms

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They involve expensive raw materials, specialist assembly equipment, dedicated access roads, and highly knowledgeable construction staff. When a client discusses a possible future commission, lean construction for wind farms should be imbued into every site design, timescale proposal, and costing.

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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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Construction Project Closeout

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Depending on what type of project you are on, project closeout will look different, but depending overall there should be three main areas you need to be focusing on: Turnover and Permit Closeout. Construction Turnover and Permit Closeout. Getting these items completed so the building inspector can close your permit.

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Formal and Informal Bid Extensions on a Construction Project

Best Practices Construction Law

Of course, the same provisions permit an extension of the time period by consent of the bidder or both of the parties. In this case, the City sought bids for repavement of a road. In the construction world of competitive bidding, however, the request for an extension is not so clear.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

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. That’s kind of scary because when you pave the roads, it’s pretty baked in, so there’s this hope that the rest of our team would get there with product.”.