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#80: Transitioning to the New Building Codes

NH Construction Law

The ICC updates its proposed codes every three years (there is already a 2018 version published), and New Hampshire is finally catching up to other New England states. If you will be applying for a building permit between now and September 15 in a town that has no published guidance on this issue, make a phone call and ask.

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#125:  Pay-if-Paid Clauses and Contractor Default

NH Construction Law

New Hampshire employs the same general rule.) But judicial reluctance to reach an unfair result is often in tension with judicial obligation to enforce bargains as written, and an unqualified pay-if-paid clause that recites no exceptions is hard to construe as permitting any. ” 286 A.3d 3d at 1201.

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When Trees Sue for their Own Environmental Preservation

Green Building Law Update

And significantly there is no defense for an issued permit or claim of preemption by other state or federal laws. While any interpretation of the preliminary pleadings is premature, there is an argument that this type of creation of a new right is more correctly done at the state level (versus at by a city).

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Less Is More In New England

Business Facilities

of Transportation invested more than $135 million into the Spaulding Turnpike in Rochester, directly impacting and making improvements for this massive development zone in the Seacoast of New Hampshire. Phase 2 Medical, one of the fastest growing medical device firms in New Hampshire is located in a 75,000-square-foot facility.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Five states—Louisiana, North Carolina, Wyoming, New Hampshire and Oregon—improved their scores by more than 10 points compared to last year’s Index.]. Western New York already has about 100 companies focused on optics and two leading photonics companies, Avogy and Photonica, will invest $1.6 Andrew Cuomo. for the first time.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The capital credit is used only after all other deductions, losses or credits permitted under Titles 40 and 41 of the Code of Alabama 1975. The business must obtain a direct-pay sales and use tax permit from the State of Arkansas. This credit cannot be carried forward or back, and cannot be used to generate a refund to the taxpayer.

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Investark (Sales & Use Tax Credit): Available to businesses established in Arkansas for at least two years that invest $5 million or more in plant or equipment for new construction, expansion or modernization. The business must obtain a direct-pay sales and use tax permit from the State of Arkansas. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

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