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Andrés Duany on New Urbanism’s Legacy and a Solution for Affordable Housing

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People hire DPZ because we can get permits to build the best private realm inside homes and the best public realm. today and a major cause is the government making it difficult to get building permits. So we started the “Lean Urbanism” initiative to help younger and smaller developers get permits and build affordable projects. .

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10 Essential Types of Construction Documents

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Construction documents have several purposes, including covering daily information, keeping track of a project and documenting changes, inventory tracking, permit applications, and others. As an example, most commercial projects will need multiple permits, and those could cause delays. What are Construction Documents?

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Guggenheim is in the process of putting together an Arctic Infrastructure Inventory that it says will give priority to infrastructure needs that are “socially and environmentally sound for investment and opportunity.” Should large-scale development of the Arctic region be permitted? Don’t believe us?

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Vaughan Buckley on Restarting a Former Katerra Factory

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So right now I've been able to do that because we're still going through existing inventory. But as we start to build out our inventory, we'll be able to offer three to six different colors in one to two week lead times on cabinetry because that's the kind of throughput we have in that factory.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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1 home builder in building permits and construction value, scaring off every large-volume, multistate production operation that dared enter Ivory’s Wasatch Mountain lair. 1 home builder in terms of building permits and construction value and reaching the milestone, in 2019, of 20,000 homes sold (right). Photos: courtesy Ivory Homes.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Slow economic growth has kept the percentage low, but the supply chain sector has made great strides in productivity, asset utilization and inventory management in the past three years.” There is no inventory tax, which is particularly advantageous to distribution companies. “Logistics costs as a percentage of GDP in the U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Inventory is exempt from property tax. The business must obtain a direct-pay sales and use tax permit from the State of Arkansas. Bond proceeds cannot be used for working capital or inventory. No personal property or inventory taxes. The combined state and local millage rate would then be applied to the assessed value.

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