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Broad Form Lien Waivers No Longer Part of the Game in North Carolina

Best Practices Construction Law

North Carolina Avenue is one of the hottest properties in Monopoly, says most of my kids. And if you are a contractor or subcontractor in North Carolina, the law makers recently afforded you some additional protections to your lien rights. 22B-1(f)(1), or design professional agreements as defined in G.S.

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North Carolina will stop relying on FEMA flood mapping

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North Carolina officials will not rely on FEMA to identify high-risk flood zones. As proof, they say that more than 77% of homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 were not located in federally designated flood zones. Instead, the state will strive to compile its own data.

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Tour a Wonderful Log Cabin in North Carolina

Natural Building

The post Tour a Wonderful Log Cabin in North Carolina appeared first on Natural Building Blog. You can watch the video at www.youtube.com. Natalie teaches practical skills, like natural building, on her property and online. See www.wildabundance.net.

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How This North Carolina Builder Does High-Performance Homes

Pro Builder

How This North Carolina Builder Does High-Performance Homes. Because of North Carolina soils, the builder installs a passive radon mitigation system that shifts to an active system if high levels of radon are detected. Green Design. cbroderick. Thu, 05/13/2021 - 10:16. Read More. . High-Performance Homes.

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Cree Investing $1B In North Carolina

Business Facilities

The new North Fab is designed to be fully automotive qualified and will provide nearly 18 times more surface area for manufacturing than exists today, initially opening with the production of 150mm wafers. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In North Carolina.

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Best Energy/Industrial: North Carolina State University Centennial Campus TES

ENR Construction

To reduce the university’s energy costs while avoiding the capital expenditures needed to expand the existing energy plant’s cooling capacity, the design and construction team delivered a 3.5-million-gallon million-gallon chilled water, thermal energy storage tank in May 2020.

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, approves $2.5B light-rail project

Construction Dive

The agreement is one of several that the regional transportation authority must secure before the state moves ahead with design and construction of the 17-mile line between Durham and Chapel Hill.