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HRECs in a Phase l are Not Recognized Environmental Conditions

Green Building Law Update

The purpose of a Phase I is almost universally to permit a user to satisfy one of the requirements to qualify for the innocent landowner , contiguous property owner , or bona fide prospective purchaser limitations on CERCLA liability. while a poorly worded report can imperil the deal.

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Legalized Marijuana: Opportunities and Impact for Commercial Real Estate and Construction

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Plus, having worked in many states and major cities, we’re familiar with the local construction landscape and can help anticipate regional considerations for labor, permitting and approvals. These facilities are designed to ensure a secure environment for everything from receiving deliveries to storing, displaying and selling the product.

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2018 IgCC to be Adopted in Baltimore City

Green Building Law Update

In the realm of green building this is a big deal. This ordinance boldly describes its purpose to “reduce the negative impacts and increase the positive impacts of the built environment on the natural environment and building occupants.” Mandatory green building has been and remains the law in Baltimore City.

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4 Effective Management Practices for Stormwater Runoff

Fieldwire

The NPDES is a federal construction permit system. These permits set limits on levels of bacteria, pollutants, and solid debris discharged from a source. These permits set limits on levels of bacteria, pollutants, and solid debris discharged from a source. Protection of the natural environment is the end goal.

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Process Safety vs. Personal Safety

Safety Services Company

Personal safety, also known as occupational health and safety, deals with the individual worker or employee. LOTO and the Permit to Work), in other cases the methods of mitigating risk are vastly different. Process Safety. On the other hand, process safety is an even more recent development in the field of safety.

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Build Beyond Zero

Natural Building

They conclude the introduction by writing, “In this book, we invite you to imagine the very real potential for our built environment to be a site of net carbon storage–a massive drawdown pool that–along with intentional climate-positive efforts in every other sector of human endeavor–could heal our climate.”

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Top 8 Tools for Construction Document Control  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Common Data Environment (CDE) . In doing so, you can keep your documents in sync, rather than dealing with duplicates and outdated info. . That way, you don’t have to spend hours manually transferring docs and dealing with duplicated or outdated info. . The list goes on and on. .