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No Free Warranty: Connecticut Court Adopts Correction or Repair Test

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Travelers Cas. & Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America (Travelers) issued the payment bond for the project. ALS’s subcontract permitted the DOT to hold back 60% of its payments to assure ALS would warranty the work, which ALS did with site checks performed between June 2019 and May 2020.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

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The County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits statistics indicate it would apply to less than 1% of permits issued each year. SSpc55 credit , but zealots may have preferred the originally drafted version by the American Bird Conservancy?

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

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ft) flame under controlled conditions of draft and temperature onto the surface of a 7.4-m Field cutting across the grain (cut-to-length) is permitted after treatment without field treatment of cut ends. Fire performance is evaluated using UL 723, Standard for Test for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials. IBC 2018 Ed.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Jerry Brown fired the two state regulators who had overseen a 70 percent decline in state drilling permits since 2008, a notable turnaround for a state leader who in his first stint as governor in the 1970s pioneered many of California’s landmark environmental protection statutes. Last year, CA Gov. Barstow Casino & Resort Project.

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Facilities Maintenance Checklist and Procedures

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Follow OSHA guidelines for permitting of entry and atmospheric testing of confined spaces. Follow OSHA guidelines for permitting of entry and atmospheric testing of confined spaces. Follow OSHA guidelines for permitting of entry and atmospheric testing of confined spaces. No intentional venting of refrigerants is permitted.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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These ports are reminding cross-country destinations that they can still get containers to them faster over land than it will take the big ships traveling through the Canal to reach East and Gulf Coast Ports. Rendering of the Bayonne Bridge, as it will look after it is raised to permit passage of Post-Panamax container vessels.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Facility features include an intermodal ramp that will permit businesses more immediate access to the efficiencies of freight trains, fueling facilities to enhance commerce and goods movement, and an intermodal block swap/switching yard that will incorporate the latest engineering techniques for improved efficiency and throughput.