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Planned $2B Northern Colorado Water Project Receives Final Permit

ENR Construction

The Corps of Engineers has issued the fourth and final permit needed for the Northern Integrated Supply Project, which will involve the construction of two reservoirs with a combined 215,600 acre-ft of water storage.

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Single-Family, Multifamily Permits Continue to Increase

Pro Builder

Single-Family, Multifamily Permits Continue to Increase. Single-family and multifamily permits are up in all four regions with the Northeast leading for both sectors. The total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date hit 589,146 in June, a 35.9% increase for issued multifamily permits compared to June 2020.

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Utah’s Housing Recovery Hinges on Federal Permitting Reform

Pro Builder

Utah’s Housing Recovery Hinges on Federal Permitting Reform ldeakins Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:46 Despite a fast pace of new-construction projects statewide, demand for housing in Utah continues to outpace supply. Read more Regional Builders Codes + Standards Regional Builders

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Calif. Agencies Outline Plans to Expedite Permitting for Seawater Desalination

ENR Construction

A report from the California Water Resources Control Board outlines parameters for speeding permits for desalination projects.

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The First Permitted Tire Bale Home in New Mexico

Natural Building

I recently received the following email from Kimi Ishikawa: We are in the process of building the first-ever fully permitted tire bale home in New Mexico! We were very very interested to see that they were sharing the PDF of our house plans! We do plan to put in an earthen floor and to use earthen plaster, etc. Excellent.

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Bechtel nixes $1B power plant after years of permitting battles

Construction Dive

The company said ongoing environmental lawsuits are the main reason it scrapped plans for a gas-fired electric-generating facility in Pennsylvania.

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“Super Squad” launched to unblock planning system

Construction Enquirer

The government has launched another attempt to unblock the planning system in a bid to meet its manifesto commitment to build 1 million homes over this Parliament. ” Gove is setting up a new “super-squad” team of leading planners and other experts charged with working across the planning system to unblock major housing developments. .”

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