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How to Modernize, Collaborate & Deliver a Safer Construction Experience

Construction Business Owner

Proactive risk assessment for safer on-site experiences. Quick and easy permit-to-work management. Learn how contractors can modernize operations, improve team collaboration and deliver safer working experiences for your teams. We’ll cover: Field project management dashboard. Mobile time-keeping applications.

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Calif. Utility Giant Will Bury 10,000 Miles of High Fire-Risk Power Lines

ENR Construction

PG&E multi-year commitment to mitigation comes as it admits role in Dixie Fire start; effort could cost post-bankruptcy public firm $15-$20B and one research analyst notes high feasibility and permitting risks.

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Court Rules Onsite Renewable Energy Permitted In All Zoning Districts

Green Building Law Update

In a hugely important judicial decision advancing onsite renewable energy, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has found ground mounted solar photovoltaics to be an “accessory use” permitted as of right in all zoning districts. Such zoning interpretations risk stalling a key segment of the clean energy sector.

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7 Ways to Minimize Schedule and Budget Risks from Environmental Requirements

ENR Construction

Most transmission projects of any significance face risks to schedules and budgets at every step—from feasibility, siting, permitting and design to construction and operation.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

business seeking to mitigate the risk associated with data protection. With well drafted protection provisions in contracts, businesses will mitigate risk and have effective tools to create technological and organizational solutions, including to monetize that data. Because the U.S. But make no mistake, privacy enforcement in the U.S.

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The Preconstruction Phase: Understanding the Process & Risks

Levelset

It entails the architect creating a full package of drawings for the building that code enforcement will use for permitting. Permit and inspections. The time for performing inspections and pulling necessary permits is the preconstruction phase. Pulling those permits once the drawings are ready is key. Learn more.

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NJ Advances Landmark Environmental Justice Project Permit Rules

ENR Construction

State opens public comment on proposed nation-leading push to consider cumulative pollution and climate-risk impacts of building certain large facilities in overburdened communities.

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