Green Building Law Update

APRIL 28, 2019

The Maryland General Assembly, the state’s legislative body meets in regular session for 90 days each year beginning the second Wednesday in January to act on more than 2,500 pieces of legislation. Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state.

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Maryland Permits Sewer Housing 120

Green Building Law Update

MAY 11, 2014

At first blush that language sounds innocuous, however the bill portends fewer, if any, Maryland state and local government projects will be LEED certified in the future, in favor of projects built to the International Green Construction Code.

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Maryland Green Baltimore DC 120

Construction Dive

MAY 15, 2023

An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claimed Mechanical Design Systems paid a woman project manager half as much as men.

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Maryland Commissioning Claims Project Management 106

Construction Dive

MAY 4, 2020

Citing a dispute with transportation agencies over cost overruns and long delays, the three firms working on the project — Fluor, Lane and Traylor Bros. — said they will pull out of the P3 project.

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Maryland Transportation Design 133

Pro Builder

APRIL 28, 2023

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Maryland Contractors Education Construction 52

Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Once the design-build bridge and roadway construction is complete, the existing bridge will be demolished and used to create artificial reefs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Maryland Design Construction 146

BD+C

AUGUST 27, 2020

submitted an emergency certificate of need to the state of Maryland’s Healthcare Commission, which one day later approved the hospital’s plan for its permanent 2 South Regional Infection Containment Wing to support COVID-19 infected patients. On March 20, Meritus Health Center in Hagerstown, Md.,

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Maryland Commissioning Certification Design 105

Construction Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, real estate development expert DRB Group is the United States’ 5th largest private builder and the 21st largest homebuilder overall. With over 30 years of industry experience, DRB Group is led by highly regarded, well-tenured real estate executives and professionals.

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Maryland United States Residential Organization 52

ENR Construction

JANUARY 23, 2023

Protracted work on already late rail link could stretch project completion seven months beyond a fall 2026 target for its new design-build team.

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Maryland Design 64

The Korte Company

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The Korte Company was awarded a Design-Build contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District for the design and construction of a 500-member Army Reserve Center (ARC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

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Maryland Louisville Contract Design 40

ENR Construction

AUGUST 12, 2021

Transurban-Macquarie will spend $54M over next year to develop preliminary designs for added toll lanes and major bridge upgrade; state also will weigh proposals in fall for design-build contractor to replace Fluor on its stalled Purple Line rail P3.

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Maryland Design Contractors 37

ENR Construction

APRIL 22, 2022

New financing sources and design-build team are in place; cost increases by 75%.

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Maryland Finance Design 80

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

State allows three short-listed design-build teams more time to finish due diligence, extending selection until February for long delayed $2B light rail line.

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Maryland Contractors Design 67

ENR Construction

JUNE 16, 2021

million for expanded PM role until a new design-build team is picked to complete the much delayed P3 light rail project. State board awards $183.5

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Consulting Maryland Design 92

ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Pending state approvals and environmental review, team will negotiate a 50-year agreement to design, build and operate added toll lanes and new Potomac River bridge for busy I-495/I-270 corridor

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Maryland Negotiation Agreement Design 43

Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

T he Maryland state legislature has allocated $7.5 million to the University of Maryland to create a green energy research center. The goal of the Green Energy Institute—a collaboration between the University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC) at the A. From the September/October 2017 Issue. Larry Hogan, with Lt.

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Maryland Innovation Green Baltimore 45

ENR Construction

JANUARY 23, 2023

Protracted work could stretch completion seven months beyond a scheduled fall 2026 target for project's new design-build team.

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Maryland Schedule Design 56

BD+C

MARCH 27, 2017

Two bills in the Maryland House of Representatives that would restrict the use of wood-frame construction are getting harsh criticism from the timber industry and the design and construction community.

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Maryland Construction Housing Industrial 40

ENR Construction

AUGUST 22, 2023

private developer approach of previous governor's administration, but with public funding not in hand, design and construction is years away. State DOT dumped stalled $7.3B

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Maryland DOT Design Construction 36

BD+C

AUGUST 13, 2021

Last December, Prince George’s County in Maryland became the first K-12 school district in the nation to partner with the private sector to bundle and finance a six-school delivery program.

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Maryland Finance Management Construction 98

Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2020

Howard County, Maryland has become the first jurisdiction in the state and one of few places in the country to pass a mandatory “bird-friendly design” law for new construction of privately owned buildings. The bird-friendly design standards that the Director adopts by regulation and that are equivalent to Pilot Credit #55.

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New York City Green Maryland Permits 289

ENR Construction

MAY 2, 2020

The design-build consortium, that included Fluor, Lane Construction and Traylor Bros., says it was unable to obtain time and cost relief.

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Maryland Design Construction 36

ENR Construction

AUGUST 22, 2023

private developer approach of previous administration, but with public funding not in hand, design and construction is years away. State DOT dumps stalled $7.3B

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Maryland DOT Design Construction 36

Business Facilities

JULY 30, 2014

3D Maryland, an initiative of the Howard County Economic Development Authority, has officially opened the state’s newest prototyping lab dedicated to the advancement of additive manufacturing, 3D printing and rapid technology. Thanks to the support we have received from Howard County, 3D Maryland is also getting national attention.

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Maryland Innovation Finance Office 50

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 11, 2015

Maryland has been a leader in the promotion of plug-in electric vehicles. Maryland residents may be eligible for a one time excise tax credit, up to $3,000.00, when they purchase or lease a qualifying plug-in electric vehicle through June 30, 2017. In addition to federal government incentives, a total of 37 states and Washington, D.C.

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Electrical Maryland Retail Leases 120

ENR Construction

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The 2021 class of ENR MidAtlantic’s Top Young Professionals represents the best and brightest emerging design and construction leaders from across the region, which includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

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District of Columbia West Virginia Delaware Virginia 90

ENR Construction

APRIL 15, 2022

Officials say the Maryland facility will not follow "a standard design.".

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Maryland Contract Design 76

PC Construction

JUNE 9, 2020

In April, the WSSC Water Commissioners approved Phase 2 funding, allowing PC to begin construction of the design-build Piscataway WRRF Bio-Energy Project in Accokeek, Maryland. The $228 million for Phase 2 brings the total investment.

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Maryland Innovation Design Construction 75

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The 2022 class of ENR MidAtlantic’s Top Young Professionals represents the best and brightest emerging design and construction leaders from across the region, which includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

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District of Columbia West Virginia Delaware Virginia 69

The Korte Company

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Innovation in the ways these critical spaces are designed and built has been just as explosive as demand for new capacity of the structures themselves. However, advances in Design-Build delivery and Tilt-Up concrete construction certainly have helped companies like ours remain on schedule and budget,” he said. The successful builders?

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Design Construction Los Angeles Inventory 52

ENR Construction

MAY 2, 2020

Consortium that included Fluor, Lane Construction and Traylor Bros., says it could not obtain time and cost relief from the state on much-watched P3 project.

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Maryland Design Construction 61

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 29, 2013

The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Mid-Atlantic Region and the Social Security Administration (SSA) are collaborating to design and construct the SSA’s new National Support Center in Urbana, MD. The SSA awarded the contract to design and build the new data center to Hensel Phelps Construction, a Colorado-based general contractor.

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Maryland Baltimore Electrical Houston 53

ENR Construction

MARCH 4, 2021

ENR learns names of two other design-build bidders not picked to proceed on disputed Maryland public-private partnership job in D.C.

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Maryland Design 68

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Agreement appears to settle cost issues for Fluor, which officially leaves the project; cost allocation, design liablity, schedule await resolution

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Maryland Agreement Schedule Design 52

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Following a child's electrical shock from faulty wiring installation, officials have been looking for errors in the design, permitting, construction and inspection processes and for indications of public corruption.

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Maryland Permits Inspections Electrical 68

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Consultant team on I-495/I-270 Express Lanes gets $45M to advance project to financial close, while Lane Construction finalizes $600M design-build contract for work on Virginia side of key D.C. region ring highway

Maryland 36

Maryland Virginia Engineering Consulting 36

BD+C

MAY 7, 2020

Communities in California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, and Virginia display excellence in memory care facility development, design, and construction.". 5 memory care communities with a strong sense of mission (BD+C) .

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