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Carrboro in Need of a Construction Management Plan

Construction Cost Estimating

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen has approved of an amendment to the land use ordinance of the town to demand town approval of a construction management plan for developments with an important effect on public streets and other nearby properties.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Each county (including Baltimore City) must prepare a recycling plan that addresses how the jurisdiction will achieve its mandatory recycling rate. Senate Bill 370 (passed) requires that each county recycling plan address the collection and recycling of recyclable materials from specified large office buildings by October 1, 2020.

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4 Effective Management Practices for Stormwater Runoff

Fieldwire

Often, these points are natural waterways, but they can also end in man-made containment ponds, or even dedicated drainage sewers. The NPDES is a federal construction permit system. These permits set limits on levels of bacteria, pollutants, and solid debris discharged from a source. The question is often: How? Non-Structural.

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Practical Confined Space Training

Safety Services Company

Everyone working at a jobsite with a confined space needs to be able to recognize and have a fundamental understanding of confined spaces and permit required confined spaces (PRCS). This is necessary to know how the signs and posted permits may be relevant to help you or another person avoid danger. Permit Required Confined Spaces.

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Illinois Supreme Court to Review Burke Case

Construction Lawyer

The engineer prepared a plat of a proposed subdivision of the property, including plans for sewers and roads. The project never proceeded and no work was ever done pursuant to the engineer’s plans. The engineer had been hired by the contract purchaser of the land prior to obtaining title to the land. Meyer , 341 Ill.

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Illinois Supreme Court to Review Burke Case

Construction Lawyer

The engineer prepared a plat of a proposed subdivision of the property, including plans for sewers and roads. The project never proceeded and no work was ever done pursuant to the engineer’s plans. The engineer had been hired by the contract purchaser of the land prior to obtaining title to the land. Meyer , 341 Ill.

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A HERS Rating for Water Use?

Pro Builder

There was a HERS H2O pilot in 2019 that involved a dozen or so builders, but what plans are there for rolling out the program to more builders? . There's a 65% increase in water and sewer costs from 2009 to 2019. PB: How about home builders? Are they catching on? RM: We officially launched in September of 2020.