Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 25, 2016

District Court in San Francisco approved Volkswagen's record-setting $14.7 billion settlement with regulators and owners of 475,000 polluting diesel vehicles today. Judge Charles Breyer of the U.S. An estimated 475,000 Volkswagen owners in the U.S.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 24, 2020

Amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, daily and sometimes hourly changes in federal, state, and local orders and regulations are significantly impacting the construction industry. This blog provides an overview of practical issues to consider related to your California construction projects in light of the ever-changing landscape.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 24, 2020

Amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, daily and sometimes hourly changes in federal, state, and local orders and regulations are significantly impacting the construction industry. This blog provides an overview of practical issues to consider related to your California construction projects in light of the ever-changing landscape.

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Carol Hagen

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Last week the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) Valley of the Sun Chapter had the pleasure of hearing from two fabulous Senior Compliance Officers, Mary Sneed-Hill and Cheryl Davis from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). San Francisco Regional Office: (415) 625-7800.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 16, 2017

The City of South Miami, Florida City Commission is scheduled to take a final vote on July 18 on an ordinance that will require rooftop photovoltaic panels on new construction and major renovations. The ordinance is likely to pass given that at its July 12 meeting the second reader version of this ordinance passed with a 4 to 1 vote.

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Construction Specifier

APRIL 14, 2022

in San Francisco in October 2021. The post Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience appeared first on Construction Specifier. In many major American cities, a sizable percentage of rainfall occurs in fewer days, during larger and more intense storms.

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Construction Specifier

MARCH 30, 2022

in San Francisco in October 2021. The post Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience appeared first on Construction Specifier. In many major American cities, a sizable percentage of rainfall occurs in fewer days, during larger and more intense storms.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 29, 2016

Santa Monica joins the California cities of Lancaster and Sebastopol which started requiring rooftop solar installations in 2013, and San Francisco which similar law , for building under 10 stories tall, takes effect January 1, 2017. Note, California law already requires most new construction to have 15% of the rooftop “solar ready.”.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Exempted buildings must pay a cash in lieu of construction of a green roof for the reduced or exempted area at $25 per square foot. San Francisco was the first local jurisdiction and one of very few in the U.S. Violations will be criminal, punishable by a fine of up to $999 and imprisonment for up to one year.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 29, 2016

Santa Monica joins the California cities of Lancaster and Sebastopol which started requiring rooftop solar installations in 2013, and San Francisco which similar law , for building under 10 stories tall, takes effect January 1, 2017. Note, California law already requires most new construction to have 15% of the rooftop “solar ready.”.

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Building Information Management

MAY 13, 2016

Job Order Contracting provides several significant benefits to real property owners, building users, and construction contractors. A certain threshold of expertise, however, is required on the part of all stakeholders. Non-prepriced items are tasks required by the scope of work, but are not included in the Construction Task Catalog.

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Building Information Management

MAY 13, 2016

Job Order Contracting provides several significant benefits to real property owners, building users, and construction contractors. A certain threshold of expertise, however, is required on the part of all stakeholders. Non-prepriced items are tasks required by the scope of work, but are not included in the Construction Task Catalog.

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BD+C

MARCH 13, 2024

The social aspect of ESG is less regulated and structured than carbon emissions, and it’s still unclear what precisely it will mean and how it should get reported. 633 Folsom, San Francisco, Calif. Kirsten Ritchie: There are a few I could list out, particularly with respect to office construction.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 3, 2020

Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. Rating tools were, in part, adopted to head off the growing imposition of onerous environmental impact assessment in the building sector via “industry self-regulation”.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 16, 2018

If you work in construction, you can’t escape the buzz around business information modeling (BIM) , the 3D modeling method used to communicate information throughout the design, build and lifecycle of a project. Project managers, for example, can consult a business information model on a jobsite to ensure construction follows plans.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Real Jobs RI’s training program is helping to prepare hundreds of local workers for manufacturing jobs at Electric Boat’s 125-acre facility at Quonset Point for manufacturing, outfitting and modular construction of submarines. Photo: Havas PR). The I-195 Redevelopment District Commission voted to authorize $18.5 Amazon’s new 2.4 and Denver.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 15, 2013

Fridays and is expanding to other cities including Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Denver, DC, Dallas and Houston. Hillwood Development Company is building the project in the city of Haslet as part of AllianceTexas, a 17,000-acre, master-planned community, and is also constructing the project in the city of Coppell.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Jerry Brown fired the two state regulators who had overseen a 70 percent decline in state drilling permits since 2008, a notable turnaround for a state leader who in his first stint as governor in the 1970s pioneered many of California’s landmark environmental protection statutes. Last year, CA Gov. Barstow Community Hospital Project.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 5, 2013

A central element of the public-private partnership involved in securing the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

SALES & USE TAX ABATEMENTS: Taxes on construction-related transactions, pollution control devices are exempt from sales and use taxes. MADE IN ALABAMA” JOB INCENTIVES ACT: Qualifying companies may receive a transferable income tax credit to offset import tariff costs during local construction process.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The company plans to construct its 2.5 Braidy Industries also is expected to create 1,000 construction jobs and spearhead an economic recovery in Eastern Kentucky. The Red Tape Reduction Initiative encourages businesspeople, state employees and consumers to identify burdensome regulations and offer suggestions for improvement.

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