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Construction Companies Planning to Include Anti-Bias Clauses in Their Contracts

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Barry LePatner, a construction lawyer and founder of New York City-based LePatner & Associates, says these kinds of clauses are becoming more common in contracts, and have already been incorporated by default in owner contracts via federal, state and local anti-harassment laws on protected classes. Jobsite Safety.

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Uber Mission Bay World Headquarters Named Finalist in Fast Company 2021 Innovation by Design Awards

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The campus also achieved the WELL Health-Safety Rating, a brand new third-party verification to prepare spaces for re-entry post-COVID-19, including implementation of procedures and programs to address cleaning and sanitization, emergency preparedness, health services, air and water quality management, and stakeholder engagement and communication.

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State Focus: New York – Accelerating Biotech Innovation In The Empire State

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The Innovate NY Fund is a seed stage business equity fund with up to $47 million to support innovation, job creation, and high growth entrepreneurship throughout the state. This year, Innovate NY funding has been deployed to support four biotech companies expand operations in New York City. Celmatix Inc.,

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

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She’s part of various internal groups within the organization, including the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee, and notably a board member on both the Connecting Women and Building PRIDE affinity groups. . Safety Director. As the Safety Director at Howard S. Dwayne has transformed the safety team.

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Fall Conferences 2019: Top Takeaways

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Of note, if as projected, we’re going to build a new New York City every 35 days for the next 35 years, we need to focus on sustainable sourcing of mass timber for it to be a viable long term solution. VERGE 19 | Oakland, CA. #11: 11: Reducing emissions isn’t enough—we need to reverse them.