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DC Government, Sports Teams Owner Forge Deal to Upgrade Downtown Arena

ENR Construction

The District of Columbia will invest $500 million to help renovate Capital One Arena

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The Complexity Of OSHA’s PSM Standard

FDR Safety

I recently attended the 2 nd Annual Process Safety Summit in Washington DC on Oct 15-16, 2019. For those of you who deal with PSM, you know this is a critical first step in determining if a traditional risk-based approach will suffice from a compliance perspective. Unfortunately, there are no clear-cut answers.

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Federal Governent Approves DC Water’s Green Infrastructure Plan

ENR Construction

Agency reaches a deal with EPA and the Dept. of Justuice to eliminate an underground stormwater and sewer overflow tunnel in facvor of roof gardens and porous surfaces.

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20,000th LEED Project Is Certified

Green Building Law Update

Not only is it within the United States, a big deal with the internationalization of LEED, but Tennessee is not Washington DC, with the most LEED projects per capita and it might not be the location one would guess for a LEED project. And it secured 2 points on credit MRc4 for 10% recycled content on building materials.

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Can You Get Electrocuted Wearing Latex Gloves?

Work Gearz

When dealing with jobs involving electricity, we must constantly exercise extreme caution. When dealing with electricity, you can never be too careful, thus protective gloves should be worn to avoid electrical shocks as our hands are the first point of contact with electricity. . and then examined for leaks. . Conclusion.

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Organic on the FTC Agenda

Green Building Law Update

This is a big deal. While there is little hope the FTC will offer positive guidance on organic building materials or cannabis allowing an organic product to claim it is organic, because it is, if you can’t make it to DC on October 20th, watch several panels via webcast. Department of Agriculture.

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Can You Touch a Live Wire with Rubber Gloves?

Work Gearz

If you are dealing with greater volts then you have to use specialized rubber gloves, manufactured to withstand about 36000 volts. Hence while dealing with electricity it is important to ensure that the gloves are made of pure rubber. . They are suitable while dealing with low power lines as they can withstand about 1200 volts. .