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Environmental Regulations in Construction: What Contractors Need to Know

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Construction activity is incredibly intensive work — creating the built environment is inherently disruptive to the natural environment. Environmental laws provide the backbone for permitting and reporting requirements on construction projects, while a wide variety of state and municipal laws impose even stricter rules.

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11 Advantages Of Fabric Buildings

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What’s more, they don’t need a building permit, allowing you to maximize time, as well as save on cost. As mentioned earlier, they’re built with lightweight materials, which reduces the cost of fuel to transport them to the site. Because they’re easy and quick to install, they lower labor costs. They Offer Ventilation. Conclusion.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) may adopt regulations to implement the bills. The Transportation and Climate Initiative of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States is a regional collaboration that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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Marijuana Regulation at Work: Your Responsibilities

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With 8 states that have approved the use of recreational marijuana and 18 states permitting the use of medical marijuana, it’s critical for companies operating in these areas to understand their legal responsibilities and how to deal with cannabis use at worksites. California. Massachusetts. Washington. Washington D.C. Bus and truck drivers.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Devens – Secret Weapon In The Battle For Business

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This is a planned, business-supportive environment with a bottom-line goal to help companies grow and prosper in Massachusetts. Permitting is guaranteed in 75 days and flexible, pad-ready sites are already in place with room for expansion. Whatever we can do to make that objective easier, we’ll do.”.

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Pros and Cons of Straw Bale Building

Natural Building

Harvesting lightweight straw also requires less energy than producing and transporting wood—farmers can even leave it in the fields to protect soils from erosion, add organic matter, or return nutrients to soil. The core material of a straw bale house can be returned to the earth at the end of its life.

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Magnolia LNG Announces $2.2 Billion Export Facility In Louisiana

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The company expects to make a final investment decision to move forward with the project in late 2014, after it secures permits and completes financing. Magnolia LNG would produce 4 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas per year, and construction would begin in 2015, pending the company’s attainment of permits and final financing.