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Permitted Development Rules and Regulations: All You Need to Know

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Many of you may or may not be aware of the recent changes to UK permitted development rules which came into force on May 30 th 2013 and will remain in place until May 30 th 2016. What is ‘Permitted Development’? How does this affect me? Single storey rear extensions must not exceed the 4M height limit.

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What a Chicago 2016 Summer Olympics Means for Chicago’s Retail and Restaurant Construction Industry

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There’s no doubt that local businesses will have much to celebrate if on October 2, 2009, Chicago wins the 2016 Summer Olympics bid. The hottest ticket in town for retail and restaurant owners will be a City of Chicago “Express Permit.” Here are a couple of my predictions….

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

The County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits statistics indicate it would apply to less than 1% of permits issued each year. USGBC made substantive changes to the credit in 2015 and in 2016 and again in 2019 resulting in the current LEED v 4.1

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Construction Cost Estimating, Location Factoring, and National Average Cost Data

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For example, Estes (2016) found that for a slab-on-grade foundation assembly with 0.1 m (4 inches) thick concrete slab were found to differ significantly (p = 0.004, α = 0.05) when comparing locally sourced costs and adjusted RSMeans cost data (Estes, 2016). Additionally, assembly costs for 0.1

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Solar Panels Mandated for Muscle Beach and.

Green Building Law Update

On April 26, 2016, Santa Monica, which lies west of downtown Los Angeles, adopted local amendments to the California Energy Code. A 30 story highly energy efficient proposed LEED Gold building being permitted in Baltimore has little alternative but to purchase 10 years of RECs (i.e.,

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Total Housing Permits Up 4.7% in 2017

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Building Permits. Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,302,000. percent above the December 2016 rate of 1,266,000. percent below the revised November rate of 1,303,000, but is 2.8

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February 2016 Housing Starts

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NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN FEBRUARY 2016. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for February 2016: BUILDING PERMITS up 6.3

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