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2022 Construction Tips for Restaurant and Other Commercial Building Owners

Wolgast Corporation

We have strategies to share to get your restaurant or business operating quicker and generate income faster. Once permits are received, site work is typically the first activity for a new build, and for a remodel or build-out, first is demolition followed by carpentry in many circumstances. Design-build speeds up the process.

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Model Sustainability and Green Building Initiatives for a More Verdant City and Town

Green Building Law Update

Bill 4-14 would require any contract that the County enters into to maintain street lights to be with a company that will install LED lights that are more energy efficient and requires less maintenance. Current laws require those buildings to achieve a LEED Certified certification. The County Council in all Democrat and very Blue.

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Davis-Bacon Wage Rates and Construction

Job Order Contracting

In most cases, when a contract is awarded or when construction begins, the wage decision is “locked-in” and no future modifications are applicable to the contract or project involved. Part 6 provides for administrative proceedings enforcing Federal labor standards on construction and service contracts.

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

Revit OpEd

Repeal of employee deduction and income exclusion for moving expenses: Under current law (Code Section 132(a)(6) and (g)), an employee can exclude qualified moving expense reimbursements from gross income. Certain of these expenses are not deductible unless, in aggregate, they exceed 2% of the employee’s adjusted gross income.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Laws enacted in 1998 required agricultural operations with $2,500 or more in gross annual income and livestock operations with 8,000 pounds or more of live animal weight to have and comply with a nutrient management plan for nitrogen and phosphorus. Wetlands Permits and Licenses. Water Quality and Land Management.

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Income Tax Capital Credit: The Income Tax Capital Credit has been available since 1995. The enterprise zone credit is equal to $2500 per permanent new employee and can be applied against the income tax and/or business privilege tax liability. The tax for existing entities accrues as of Jan. The rates range from $.25

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Housing Outlook: Is This a Recession … or Not?

Pro Builder

Residential building permits dropped by 15,594, or 10.1% Simonsen also anticipates an increase in cancellation rates by buyers backing out of sales contracts now that mortgage interest rates have topped 7% from some lenders. “Some period of 2022 or 2023 is likely to be designated as a recession.”. Census Bureau. 9 declined by 28.7%

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