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Davis Bacon versus Prevailing Wage Rates & Construction

Job Order Contracting

Properly administered renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects that pays reasonable prevailing wage rates produce a higher percentage (greater then 90%) of project on-time and on-budget, and with higher overall satisfaction levels for project participants and benefactors (building users).

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Energy Innovation: Solar Energy Solutions Continue to Gain Momentum

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Solar trees at Florida's Babcock Ranch, where sustainability is built into the infrastructure. Sustainability. Located on 10 acres in a Denver suburb, it serves some 500 low-income homes. . Industry supporters have introduced such measures in Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, and Utah. Energy Efficiency.

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The Strawtegi CO2ttage in Salt Lake City

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This net-zero carbon, modular, straw panel Accessory Dwelling Unit in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the first demonstration project and test build of Strawtegi, Inc. Using only FSC sustainably harvested wood products, this home design will sequester 5.5 insulated with dense-packed chopped straw.

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EPA Celebrates 20 Years Of Superfund Redevelopment

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI), launched in 1999 with the goal of returning formerly contaminated lands to long-term sustainable and productive reuse for communities across the country. In fiscal year 2018 alone, these businesses generated $52.4

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Having witnessed income and social class inequities entrenched by corruption on their European mission, and a system in which government officials and business entrepreneurs rarely collaborate to solve civic and social problems, the Ivorys recognized the seeds of similar dynamics in their own backyard. and Outward.

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Massachusetts Holds On To Top Energy Efficiency Ranking

Business Facilities

The balance of the 10 most-improved states are Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, Utah, Nevada, Louisiana, Oregon, Washington, D.C., Idaho, Florida, and Virginia are the three most-improved states in the newly released report. Idaho advanced seven spots, from 33rd to 26th place. and Kentucky. Storm-hit Florida and Texas rose in the 2017 rankings.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

Tennessee is proud to be a right-to-work state with no personal income tax on wages. Nevada and Alabama rounded out the top five in Economic Growth Potential, followed by Utah, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Mississippi. North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia topped the chart in BF’s flagship Economic Growth Potential ranking. “Our