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Viewpoint Construction Technology
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Bryce Austin’s construction cloud security and ransomware defense tips for help developing a plan to stave off cyber threats. Construction Best Practices
Job Order Contracting
DECEMBER 4, 2022
An objective and defensible facilities conditions assessment is critical to efficient management of any facilities portfolio. contact-form] The post Objective and Defensible Facility Conditions Assessment – Critical, but rarely practiced appeared first on 4BT.
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ENR Construction
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Oracle Aconex for Defense has been certified complaint with Defense Information Systems Agency Impact Level 4 Dept. of Defense projects
Business Facilities
MARCH 17, 2018
Nations around the world are increasing their defense budgets; the sophisticated weaponry of the U.S. Read: Defense: The Best Offense at BusinessFacilities.com. Aerospace & Defense Arizona Business Clusters/Corridors Daily News Featured Florida Industry Focus New Hampshire Workforce Development Aerospace BF-Jan/Feb-2018 corporate expansion Defense florida Fort Lauderdale Goodyear Manufacturing Rochester Sierra Vista Site Selection
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
DIUx will connect the Department of Defense with hundreds of private sector firms to enhance the technological capabilities of the U.S. Read Defense Innovation Unit Experimental Comes To Austin on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. military while growing innovative enterprises in Texas.
Construction Equipment
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Mack Defense is building five Granite-based heavy dump trucks (HDT) for testing by the U.S. The Production Vehicle Testing is part of its $296 million contract for armored and armor-capable HDTs, named M917A3, according to the company. The 40-week durability testing will occur at the Army’s
Safety Services Company
JUNE 28, 2018
Lessons in Defensive Driving. Welcome to Safe Friday, since June is National Safety Month, we’re going to close out the month by covering the ins and outs of defensive driving. From a business standpoint, integrating key elements of defensive driving safely into your safety culture will help your bottom line. Driving Defensively. Defensive driving will help to protect the health and safety of yourself and others. Important Defensive Driving Techniques.
Safety Services Company
JUNE 28, 2018
Lessons in Defensive Driving. Welcome to Safe Friday, since June is National Safety Month, we’re going to close out the month by covering the ins and outs of defensive driving. From a business standpoint, integrating key elements of defensive driving safely into your safety culture will help your bottom line. Driving Defensively. Defensive driving will help to protect the health and safety of yourself and others. Important Defensive Driving Techniques.
ENR Construction
MARCH 25, 2021
In a lead-in to infrastructure proposal's March 31 rollout, Biden cites needs in highways, water, schools and more
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 2, 2018
In 2002, as part of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, the BFPP definition was amended to include the parenthetical phrase “(or a tenant of a person)” in the description of who can claim the BFPP defense, but there was no other direction on the treatment of tenants.
Business Facilities
AUGUST 27, 2018
The new organization, funded with a $1.5-million grant from the department of defense, will coordinate the growth of defense-related business across the six-state region. Read: New England’s Regional Defense Industry Collaboration at BusinessFacilities.com.
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Construction Equipment
AUGUST 3, 2020
Mexico border wall using Defense Department funds. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed work to continue on the U.S.-Mexico
BD+C
DECEMBER 28, 2020
The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act includes language that would encourage the U.S. Department of Defense to consider using mass timber construction on new building projects and renovations.
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 30, 2013
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2014 in Honolulu last Thursday and while most observers noted that the bill cracks down on sexual assaults in the military and eases restrictions on transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay, the bill also is a huge win for the U.S. ” That is, there are no longer limitations of the Department of Defense pursuing LEED Gold and Platinum certifications.
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 14, 2014
While many have focused on the funding to fight the Islamic State terrorist group or the 1 percent boost in military pay, the National Defense Authorization Act for 2015 makes a major change in green building across this nation when it authorizes use of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard. Billion budget authority of the Department of Defense. This time last year, I wrote a blog post Defense Authorization Act Lifts Ban on LEED Gold and Platinum.
Construction Dive
APRIL 13, 2018
A circuit court upheld OSHA's decision to issue a willful violation and impose a $49,000 fine against a contractor in relation to a worker's fatal fall
Business Facilities
JUNE 6, 2018
Read: Australian Defense Contractor Investing $2.5M Aerospace & Defense Alabama Business Clusters/Corridors Capital Investment Daily News Featured Foreign Direct Investment International Alabama Department of Commerce Australia corporate expansion defense contractor Electro Opto Systems Employment Manufacturing remote weapons stations Site SelectionElectro Optic Systems will locate its flagship U.S.
Construction Equipment
JUNE 14, 2017
Army recently awarded Navistar Defense, LLC, a foreign military sales contract valued at $18.8 Navistar Defense MTVs are based on the International WorkStar severe-duty platform designed for both off and on-road operation, and is the backbone for the company's MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle. The U.S. million to provide 115 International 7000-MV Medium Tactical Vehicles (MTV) to Iraq. .
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 6, 2015
JCB relocated its Global Government and Defense Division from its worldwide headquarters in the United Kingdom to its North American headquarters in Savannah, Ga
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
Aerospace And Defense Jobs Expected To Grow originally appeared on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. After several years of job losses, aerospace and defense sector employment is expected to grow in 2016 by more than 39,000 jobs in the U.S., Aerospace & Defense Labor Market Study.” percent, of which about 185,000 jobs were lost in the defense subsector. . Aerospace and defense sector companies paid $7.7
Construction Dive
MAY 20, 2019
Traditional hard hats account for falling objects, not falling workers. Some general contractors are providing a more effective layer of protection
Business Facilities
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Read Boeing Consolidating Defense, Space Sites on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. Aerospace & Defense Alabama California Corporate Real Estate Daily News Featured Missouri Texas Virginia Boeing consolidation Corporate Real Estate (CRE) El Segundo Employment Expansion Huntsville Long Beach Manufacturing Seal Beach Site Selection St. The effort to improve efficiency will bring jobs to Boeing's Los Angeles County, St.
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 10, 2014
Oshkosh Corporation announced that its Defense segment plans to reduce its workforce in Oshkosh, Wis., by approximately 250 to 300 hourly positions in December 2014. In addition, approximately 70 salaried positions will be eliminated with the majority being temporary employees, elimination of open positions and those retiring
Construction Business Owner
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
11, 2001, began in its usual manner for John Nienabar, operations manager at ServiceMaster of Springfield, Virginia. At 11:30 a.m., however, Nienabar received an unforgettable call. It was the office of Nancy Judd, head of facilities contracting at the Pentagon, a department that had previously worked with the ServiceMaster Springfield office. This time, the call was for a project that was unprecedented
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 4, 2013
In a tectonic shift in government policy, the Department of Defense will now permit the use of both the Green Building Initiatives’ Green Globes and U.S. The new “Department of Defense Sustainable Building Policy” supersedes the October 25, 2010 policy that authorized only LEED. Defense Department Federal Globes Green LEED of
Construction Equipment
OCTOBER 16, 2014
Oshkosh Defense, an Oshkosh Corporation company, will showcase its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) solution—the Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle (L-ATV)—at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.
CK Power
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
In fact, former secretary of defense Leon Panetta was widely criticized for a 2012 speech that forecasted the fallout of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure — from derailed trains to paralyzed financial institutions, water contamination to electrical blackouts.
Construction Equipment
MAY 17, 2018
Construction companies are ramping up their fire prevention efforts on projects during the construction phase and implementing fire-elimination strategies that go a significant step further than fire-prevention. This is significant because according to the American Wood Council, more than 60 percent of U.S. apartment buildings built between 2006 and 2015 used wood framing but in most jurisdictions fire-retardant treated wood is required only for the exterior walls
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
With defense spending cuts taking effect across the nation, the Commonwealth of Virginia has launched the $2 million statewide ‘Going Global’ initiative, a first-of-its-kind program developed to help Virginia-based defense contractors capture international export opportunities. Shortly after the program’s start, nearly 80 defense-related companies have committed to taking their products and services abroad—accounting for nearly 50 percent of the total program.
Green Industry Professionals
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
With a “new abnormal” of bigger, badder wildfires, California homeowners are facing a paradigm shift in landscaping
Green Industry Professionals
APRIL 3, 2016
Kris Kiser, OPEI's president and CEO, talks about the group's "Living Landscapes Matter" public awareness campaign
Green Industry Professionals
OCTOBER 5, 2017
The organization is asking a federal court to vacate the registrations of nearly 100 products containing neonics
BD+C
JANUARY 9, 2020
Beginning January 2020, the Department of Defense will roll out a new IT security protocol for all businesses it hires for contract work
ENR Construction
JUNE 6, 2022
President Biden said a probe of Chinese-made components from four Asian nations will continue, but worry over retroactive tariffs that stopped imports and halted project work is abated for 24 months
Construction Equipment
JULY 25, 2017
Vermeer Damage Defense system initiates shutdown of a tub and horizontal grinder if the hammermill comes in contact with metal while grinding. Available as an option, the system idles down the engine, reverses the infeed or tub, and disengages the clutch. Operators can adjust the sensitivity settings for application conditions. The system can be factory-installed or retrofitted, and it is integrated into the grinder’s controls system. Source: Vermeer
Construction Dive
APRIL 5, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security maintains its project is on track, though it was reportedly supposed to open in 2018 and cost $400,000
Green Building Law Update
APRIL 2, 2012
But it is now clear to me that I misinterpreted the testimony of Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. Department of Defense Federal LEEDIn last week's post, I stated that the Army was abandoning LEED certification in lieu of a green building code based on ASHRAE 189.1.
ENR Construction
DECEMBER 11, 2019
A defense bill released by a congressional conference committee Dec. 9 dropped provisions that would have restricted discharges of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances—a class of chemical compounds known as PFAS—from manufacturers into water supplies and designated PFAS as “hazardous substances” under the federal Superfund law
Business Facilities
JULY 27, 2022
Carbon steel and aluminum parts maker OMS will create 70 jobs in Fayette, while Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. will add 76 jobs In Birmingham.
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