Green Building Law Update

JUNE 9, 2019

In response to an act of the Maryland legislature in 2018, the state is proposing a watershed revamp of its current mandatory green building requirements for new public school buildings. Or in the alternative, the Maryland Green Building Council finds a third party opinion (i.e., The public is being invited to comment on the proposal.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 27, 2017

Last week the Maryland Green Building Council voted unanimously to recommend that Green Globes, at the two Green Globes level, be approved by the Maryland Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services as a “high performance building” as defined in Maryland law. provides “in this section”. (2) of this article.

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Maryland Green Guidelines Budgeting 189

Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The Maryland Green Building Council recommended a broad and deep expansion of green building leasing by state government and the Maryland Department of General Services has agreed to enlarge what is a “high performance building” for the purposes of state government leasing. public private partnerships are the de rigueur).

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Leases Maryland Green Budgeting 153

Construction Dive

APRIL 19, 2024

The legislation, which raises maximum fees for those caught speeding in construction areas, comes a year after six workers were killed in what police say was a speeding-related collision.

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Zoning Maryland Roads Construction 120

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The design of the 14-story, LEED Silver-certified 1331 Maryland project aims to evoke the District of Columbia’s grand residential buildings of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Maryland Residential Construction Design 87

Construction Dive

MAY 6, 2024

The state of Maryland, which will soon receive a $350 million insurance payment, anticipates the new span’s completion in fall 2028.

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Baltimore Maryland Insurance 148

Green Building Law Update

MARCH 30, 2015

By statute all solar panels are pervious in Maryland. Of course that doesn’t mean that rain actually passes through the solar panels or that in Maryland the panels are constructed to be any more permeable than elsewhere. Unfortunately, the law to date has had little, if any, effect in Maryland.

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Maryland Zoning Regulation Permits 120

Construction Dive

JANUARY 8, 2024

One of two motorists involved in a vehicle crash at a Baltimore-area highway construction site that killed six could face 18 months in prison.

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Baltimore Zoning Maryland Site 106

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 28, 2019

The Maryland General Assembly, the state’s legislative body meets in regular session for 90 days each year beginning the second Wednesday in January to act on more than 2,500 pieces of legislation. Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state.

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Maryland Permits Sewer Housing 120

Construction Dive

APRIL 27, 2023

Noticing the impact of the lack of construction workers, a GC and graphic designer teamed up to write a book promoting the industry to elementary schoolers.

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Maryland Contractors Industrial Design 131

Green Building Law Update

MAY 11, 2014

At first blush that language sounds innocuous, however the bill portends fewer, if any, Maryland state and local government projects will be LEED certified in the future, in favor of projects built to the International Green Construction Code. High performance building is defined as one that “meets or exceeds the U.S.

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Maryland Green Baltimore DC 120

Construction Dive

APRIL 30, 2024

They can learn more from the Maryland Transportation Authority on May 7. Contractors can soon bid on projects to rebuild the collapsed Key Bridge.

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Baltimore Maryland Bidding Transportation 123

BD+C

JUNE 29, 2021

Prince George’s County Public Schools is the second-largest school system in Maryland. It is also the second-oldest, with more than half of its 208 schools over 50 years old.

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Maryland Finance Design Construction 82

BD+C

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Two Maryland lawmakers have introduced bills that would improve pedestrian access to sidewalks during construction projects. Legislation filed by a Montgomery County Council member would limit how long a county sidewalk could remain blocked to pedestrians.

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Maryland Construction 52

Construction Dive

MARCH 27, 2023

The agency alleged in a discrimination suit that Maryland-based Green JobWorks refused to hire women for demolition and laborer jobs.

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Discrimination Maryland Green Construction 127

ENR Construction

APRIL 10, 2024

Maryland’s General Assembly approved a $400-million revitalization program for the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

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Maryland Baltimore Revit 82

PC Construction

APRIL 16, 2024

in Annapolis, Maryland, to connect and learn with one another at the National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC) Northeast Spring Forum. The post NAWIC NER Spring Forum appeared first on PC Construction. This past weekend I had the pleasure of joining women from across Northeastern U.S.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 28, 2023

Maryland Contractor Debuts Children’s Book to Promote Careers in the Skilled Trades ldeakins Fri, 04/28/2023 - 11:01 Salisbury, Md., The book aims to get kids from second through fifth grade excited about various jobs in the construction trades by telling them the story of two siblings who live in a city that has forgotten how to build.

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Construction Dive

JANUARY 23, 2024

The state agency that oversees highway construction will give the worker $40,000 and a raise to bring his salary in line with his women counterparts.

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Maryland DOT Construction 113

Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

one of the fastest growing cyber security software companies in the country, will expand its Maryland presence with the development of a new headquarters in Downtown Columbia. To date, 10 percent of the redevelopment plan is under construction or complete. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In Maryland. Tenable Inc.,

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Maryland Security Office Revit 73

Construction Dive

JANUARY 3, 2024

The contractors will replace the 117-year-old Susquehanna River Rail Bridge in order to improve speed and safety on the Northeast Corridor.

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Maryland Safety Contractors 115

Construction Equipment

MARCH 5, 2019

McGrew Enterprises will operate three Bobcat dealerships serving Pennsylvania and Maryland. Bobcat of York and Bobcat of Adams County are located in Pennsylvania, and Bobcat of Frederick in Maryland. The dealerships will offer rental equipment, parts, certified service technicians and a select line…

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Construction Equipment

JULY 18, 2019

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas has added Correlli Inc. Correlli is based in Dundalk, Maryland. as a distributor. President Patrick Correlli and his sons started Correlli Inc. in 1999 as an independent repair shop, according to Hyundai, and supports repairs on all makes and models of…

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Construction Business Owner

JULY 10, 2020

Large health-care projects require a combination of extensive construction expertise and expert project management to ensure a timely, smooth finish. How Shapiro & Duncan Successfully Navigates Large Hospital Projects. Elizabeth Manning. Fri, 07/10/2020 - 09:31.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 18, 2013

Two Maryland transit projects totaling more than $4 billion are expected to create 7,000 construction jobs in the state, according to the Baltimore Business Journal. Two Maryland transit projects totaling more than $4 billion are expected to create 7,000 construction jobs in the state, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.

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Construction Dive

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Larry Hogan will send to the state General Assembly at the start of its 2019 session, will create 27,000 indirect and direct construction jobs during the program's five-year timeframe. The plan, which Gov.

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Maryland Construction Plans 86

ENR Construction

MAY 13, 2024

Maryland subcontractor must give back pay to workers after wrongly classifying them.

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Maryland Concrete 70

Construction Dive

APRIL 17, 2023

A Maryland collision that killed six construction workers nabbed national headlines, but it was a reminder of what contractors already know: Jobsites are at the mercy of speeding drivers.

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Maryland Roads Safety Contractors 104

Construction Dive

MAY 30, 2023

The Colorado-based general contractor expects to complete construction by 2029.

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Maryland Colorado Contractors Construction 93

Construction Dive

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Maryland contractor delivered another Forth Worth healthcare facility on the same Army base four years ago.

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Maryland Texas Contractors 123

Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 31, 2014

The Silver Spring Transit Center in Maryland could open in the Spring, but the cost to build the long-delayed and defect-plagued project has increased. Construction began in 2008 and had an initial price tag of $93 million. County officials recently approved $16.8

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Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Once the design-build bridge and roadway construction is complete, the existing bridge will be demolished and used to create artificial reefs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Maryland Design Construction 151

Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Harkins Builders first entered the Raleigh-Durham market in 2018. Now, with millions of dollars of work in the region, it’s strengthening its foothold.

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North Carolina Raleigh Maryland Office 107

Construction Dive

MAY 15, 2023

An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claimed Mechanical Design Systems paid a woman project manager half as much as men.

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Maryland Commissioning Claims Project Management 112

Construction Equipment

APRIL 18, 2018

A new labor law passed in Maryland earlier this month offers protection to construction workers who are employed by subcontractors by holding a project's general contractor liable for wages and benefits not paid by the sub.

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Maryland Employment Contractors Construction 52

ENR Construction

AUGUST 29, 2017

Just weeks after being on the brink of cancellation, Maryland’s Purple Line light-rail project officially has begun construction.

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Maryland Green Construction 40

Constructlaw

JUNE 11, 2020

Gables Construction, Inc. May 26, 2020) Jane Fox Lehman Upper Rock II, LLC (“Upper Rock”) contracted Gables Construction, Inc. (“GCI”) Red Coats, Inc., 23, 2020 BL 193791, 2020 MD LEXIS 264 (Md.

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