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Environmental Regulations in Construction: What Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

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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Tree Preservation Ordinance Is Not a Fifth Amendment Constitutional Taking

Green Building Law Update

When the defendant and his wife had purchased their house, it included almost an acre of land with trees on the front of the property facing the town road and a backyard area that had been “left unattended and as a result became overgrown with mainly Ash trees.”

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Home Building by the Numbers

Pro Builder

The Shinn Group’s long-running Fin-Op analysis, backed by decades of data, offers builders a road map to profitability and a benchmark of performance. As of November 2020, “builders were telling me it’s taking two to four weeks just to get a project permitted, on top of materials delays. Home Building by the Numbers. cbroderick.

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Brrrrrr, It’s Cold! How to Best Prepare a Delay Claim for Unusually Severe Weather

Best Practices Construction Law

According to the Johnson City Press , TDOT has distributed more than 200,000 tons of salt and 2 million gallons of brine to stations in each of the state’s 95 counties to prevent or treat potential road hazards. Cold weather not only affects traffic on our highways, it can dramatically affect construction projects. 3d 1332 (Fed.

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Elements of a Cost Estimate

Construction Cost Estimating

These are FICA (Social Security), SUI (State Unemployment Insurance), FUI (Federal Unemployment Insurance), WC (Worker Compensation) and others mandated by legislation and/or company operations. For the owner : Design fees, permits, land acquisition costs, legal fees, administration costs, etc.

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What Is Bridge Abutment | Types of Abutments

CivilJungle

Because most backfill materials are not perfectly elastic, cyclic abutment movements create voids between the backfill and the abutment, which permit erosion of the backfill and progressive deterioration and settlement of the backfill. in (60 mm) to compensate for additional settlement. Road Development Plans in India.

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Construction Legislation Now Pending in Washington

Construction Law Monitor

House Bill 1532 (Creating a good faith defense for certain minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints). House Bill 1806 (Concerning construction and industrial storm water general permits). This act sets out specific criteria for monitoring compliance under industrial storm water general permits. Introduced by Rep.