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Do Project Labor Agreements Restrict Competition?

Construction Dive

These are pre-hire agreements between a general contractor or a construction manager and a designated collective bargaining representative for all labor on the project. Labor is not restricted to union members, although non-union labor must be hired through union halls and paid the negotiated rates. What do you think?

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LEED Credit is Designed to Eliminate Illegal Wood in Buildings

Green Building Law Update

Samples shall be accompanied by a map of the Forest Management Unit of origin. Documentary proof that the products are backed by a FLEGT license accepted under the European Union Timber Regulation. Wood that is not certified as managed is not illegal. It is simply not from a managed tree.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

Business Facilities

King, Managing Director of the Quonset Development Corporation. Family Trust Federal Credit Union was one of the first businesses to open their new headquarters at Knowledge Park. MARYLAND CONSOLIDATES ITS HIGH-TECH FIREPOWER. Tamie Howie, CRTC’s Executive Director was named as the new Maryland Tech Council CEO.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Site operator Infraserv Höchst offers services with regards to secondary processes; for example, they provide the companies with raw materials on-site, do the facility management and run site security. HealthCapital, the cluster management of the region’s healthcare industries, was implemented in 2010.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Pennsylvania’s decision to consolidate hundreds of bridge projects into a single procurement financed by a bond fund managed by a new Public-Private Partnership (P3) should serve as a model for the rest of the country. 3 Texas all exceeded 75 on the Index, followed by Maryland, Delaware, DC, Oregon, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. The topics include the use of BIM in: student projects, interdisciplinary collaboration in studios, scheduling and estimating classes, IPD projects and facilities management. buildingSMART alliance Conference.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

The efficient life-cycle management of the built environment will not happen until change management is accelerated. The topics include the use of BIM in: student projects, interdisciplinary collaboration in studios, scheduling and estimating classes, IPD projects and facilities management. buildingSMART alliance Conference.

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