Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 29, 2023

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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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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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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Maryland is primed to expand and incentivize use of the International Green Construction Code. In 2011, Maryland was the first state in the country to authorize use of the IgCC for private and public construction. It is not surprising the IgCC found Maryland fertile ground.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

In the name of resilience, reliability and green this proposed regulation will result in significant additional first costs for affected building. Today, building codes in many jurisdictions require construction be 1 foot freeboard. construct above the 2% annual chance flood approach (also known as the 500 year flood); or.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 25, 2017

But today, despite Maryland having enacted a PACE enabling law in 2014, only one PACE loan has closed in the State. I was asked recently to recommend how PACE in Maryland could be improved. What follows is my top 10 list actions to make PACE a success in Maryland. Expressly authorize PACE for new construction (i.e.,

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Against that backdrop, to reduce indoor water consumption, LEED v4 New Construction offers points for further reducing by 25% and up to 50% “fixture and fitting water use from the calculated baseline in WE Prerequisite Indoor Water Use Reduction.” But little of this including lead is regulated. But the testing is daunting.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Green building will remain mandatory for new construction in Montgomery County, Maryland and effective December 1, 2017, the International Green Construction Code 2012 will be a permitted alternative. And the Council approved Executive Regulation 21-15 which adopts the IgCC 2012.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 23, 2016

On September 28, 2016, the County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland submitted Executive Regulation 21-15, which adopts the International Green Construction Code 2012, to the County Council. What is proposed is the boldest adoption of the IgCC anywhere. Single family detached and townhomes are not proposed to be included.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2020

Howard County, Maryland has become the first jurisdiction in the state and one of few places in the country to pass a mandatory “bird-friendly design” law for new construction of privately owned buildings. The bird-friendly design standards that the Director adopts by regulation and that are equivalent to Pilot Credit #55.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Montgomery County, Maryland has proposed adopting the International Green Construction Code 2012. Many hundreds of LEED projects have been registered in Montgomery County, putting the county near the very top of the list for green construction in the U.S. The ramifications have national import.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 18, 2020

This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. In the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the country only the town of Gaithersburg , Maryland has adopted the 2018 IgCC. In the realm of green building this is a big deal.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 30, 2022

The characteristics of strategic collaboration and efficient construction project delivery are discussed below. Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery. Shorter construction schedules than planned. Partnering: a team building approach to quality construction. Abudayyeh, O.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 15, 2022

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 31, 2016

The City of Rockville, Maryland has adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as mandatory for all commercial and multi family building. city with a population below 100,000 and Rockville is in Maryland, ranked number 2 among all states for LEED building per capita.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 28, 2019

This case is instructive beyond Maryland’s borders because it involves the intersection of states’ efforts to promote solar energy generation as part of its renewable energy policies, and county governments’ local planning and zoning prerogatives. This appeal to Maryland’s highest court followed. Perennial Solar, 239 Md.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The process of updating the 2012 International Green Construction Code has commenced. In fact, proposals for changes to the International Code Council’s “Green Construction Code” have been accepted since November and are due not later than January 10, 2014. And significantly, ASHRAE Standard 189.1

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 9, 2020

Montgomery County, Maryland is on the cusp of being the first to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. The proposed Executive Regulation 12-20 appeared in the Montgomery County Register on August 1. A public hearing will be held on proposed regulation on September 3.

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Construction Specifier

AUGUST 31, 2021

Beyond the global pandemic and events in the news, both episodic weather events and new environmental regulations are placing extreme demand on building materials, including insulation. Extreme weather, climate concerns, and new regulations. Could events of the past year be considered anything other than extreme?

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Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Federal OSHA regulations are simply the minimum standard. Maryland OSHA (MOSH) is one of the “state plan” states that administer their own “mini-OSHA.” MOSH has beefed up their regulations on everything from: Excavation designs. OSHA has specific training regulations for some heavy equipment such as: forklifts and cranes.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Today there are only a handful of community projects actually producing power in Arizona, Colorado, California and Maryland. Of course the allocation of costs and benefits will largely be driven by financial and tax considerations in this highly regulated area. But community solar appears poised to shine brightly.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 15, 2022

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 22, 2014

This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council for the purpose of adopting the International Green Construction Code. So, while it was controversial in 2007 when Baltimore mandating that privately owned building must be constructed green, Bill No. compliant. 14-0413 sponsored by Councilman James B.

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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. From Stick Building to Off-Site Construction.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 4, 2020

At a time when the building industry is principally concerned with the impact of COVID-19 and the luster is off green building, the Montgomery County Council last Tuesday unanimously approved legislation “to accelerate the construction of highly energy efficient buildings and green retrofitting of existing buildings.”. million in credits.

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Construction Junkie

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Wood, a notoriously opaque substance, has apparently been resting on its laurels for far too long and not reaching its full potential, a team of researchers from Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), the University of Maryland, and the University of Colorado believes.

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Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 25, 2012

FDA faces pressure to regulate energy drinks upon reports of deaths. This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 16, 2014

While today only a modest number of local government laws refer to the code, the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) requires compliance with the ICC 700 if a jurisdiction chooses to regulate residential buildings four stories or less. 700 Codes and Regulations Green HAHB ICC LEED National Standard building'

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The 2018 International Green Construction Code was released on November 8, 2018 but more than a year later, it has not been adopted anywhere. Beyond a minimum 50% of nonhazardous construction and demolition waste diversion requirement, that tracks the 2012 requirement, what is new is sec 901.3.1.2 The 2018 IgCC applies to “1.

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FDR Safety

JUNE 19, 2018

This becomes a particularly large problem in the construction industry where companies come to a crossroads of hiring under qualified employees or missing out on jobs. As a nation, it is always positive when we see our national unemployment rate as low as it has been this year.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 17, 2015

Baltimore City adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes effective April 1, 2015. That mandatory law had some efficacy with new construction but almost no market impact on renovations as building owners strived to avoid the enactment.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

The new electric utility incentive is available for construction of a new commercial facility that is LEED certified from between $2,000 and $10,000. A regulatory required program in Maryland, available through BGE and other utilities, encourages energy savings pursued through the LEED credit for implementing Enhanced Commission Services.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

The new electric utility incentive is available for construction of a new commercial facility that is LEED certified from between $2,000 and $10,000. A regulatory required program in Maryland, available through BGE and other utilities, encourages energy savings pursued through the LEED credit for implementing Enhanced Commission Services.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

To reduce indoor water consumption, LEED v4 New Construction offers points for further reducing by 25% and up to 50% “fixture and fitting water use from the calculated baseline in WE Prerequisite Indoor Water Use Reduction.”. So unless a school has its own water supply (and few do), schools are not a regulated public water system.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 12, 2014

The ICC 700 applies to the design and construction of the housing units, including the residential portions of buildings. Susan Dorn, general counsel of the USGBC, Abbey Hopper, director of the Maryland Energy Administration, and others will be presenting with me. 700 Codes and Regulations Green Homes ICC NGBS building'

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Construction Dive

JANUARY 22, 2015

These are pre-hire agreements between a general contractor or a construction manager and a designated collective bargaining representative for all labor on the project. By Bruce Jervis Project Labor Agreements are controversial. The court concluded there was conflicting evidence on the effect of PLAs on non-union contractors.

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