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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon

Job Order Contracting

The proposed rules contain a “safe harbor” for liability for Scope 3 emissions disclosure. Buffer zones. Commissioner Peirce raised concerns about the efficacy of this safe harbor language. Ask suppliers for information on their energy practices to create awareness and allow for the making of informed decisions. Energy savings.

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A Plumbing Contractor’s Guide to Insurance Coverage

Levelset

In this respect, general liability insurance or workers’ compensation could help cover those costs if an incident should occur. . Construction zones are busy areas where workers can get hurt. Liability for damage. It packages liability and property damage coverages that form the backbone of your coverage portfolio.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Committing Intentional Project Communications » Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. Recently I had a friend fall walking near a construction zone while carrying a case of water to her coffee shop. Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. Question: Who should be held liable, if anyone?

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Revealing the Past: The Importance of Property Surveys

Wolgast Corporation

Zoning – oftentimes, a property can be rezoned (trickier in a residential area) but having to rezone can add time and expense. Not having a property survey could create a liability for you as you’re accepting unknown conditions of your property. Maybe having that location is worth it to him, but at least he knows what he is facing.

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Court decision changes rules on issuing violations

FDR Safety

Circuit Court of Appeals said it was sufficient that an employee could have been exposed had he or she been in the zone of danger. Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee), if the reasoning is adopted by other Circuits, employers could be opened up to liability for a parade of imagined horribles, as opposed to real world exposures.”.

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The following applicants are eligible for grants/loans: A Small Business – a for-profit corporation, limited liability company, partnership, proprietorship or other legal business entity located within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and having 100 or fewer full-time employees worldwide at the time of submission of the application. .

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Virginia Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Defense Production Zones: Virginia authorizes its communities to establish local defense production zones to benefit businesses engaged in the design, development or production of materials, components or equipment required to meet the needs of national defense. Each locality designs and administers its own program. TAX INCENTIVES.