Business Facilities

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Business Facilities September / October 2017. Mississippi Has the Winning Ticket | Mississippi has proven time and again that it has a winning combination—including a skilled workforce, low tax rates and one-stop permitting process—for stimulating corporate growth and success. To subscribe to BF , visit this link.

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 19, 2018

Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for May 2018: Building Permits. Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,301,000. percent) above the May 2017 rate of 1,205,000.

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Housing Permits Statistics Residential 55

Construction Equipment

MAY 5, 2016

Dykema’s Environmental Practice Group in Michigan recently posted changes to the permitting regulating stormwater discharges from construction sites. The current 2012 Construction General Permit (CGP) is set to expire February 16, 2017, at which time the 2017 GCP will go into effect.

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Site Permits Michigan Regulation 48

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 4, 2023

For example, RSMeans data do not account for variations caused by local codes, productivity rates, climate conditions, labour quality and availability, or costs related to land prices and permit fees (Ontario Construction Secretariat, 2001).

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Estimating Construction United States New Mexico 176

BD+C

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

However, multifamily permits were only 5.8% In its latest report , the Census Bureau estimates that annualized starts of structures with five or more units stood at 445,000 in October, up 28.2% over the same month a year earlier.

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Permits Estimating 40

Revit OpEd

MAY 1, 2016

This addition permits us to do the same thing to tags that we've been using in schedules. For example, in a tag I'd like to show the difference between the client required area and the actual area of a room. That wasn't possible without some export/import or Dynamo shenanigans. Now it is possible, right in a tag.

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Revit Schedule Drafting Permits 40

Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 9, 2021

The lower court determined that the NYC Zoning Resolution did not permit a developer to utilize a portion of a tax lot to merge with a neighboring zoning lot. The inclusion of partial tax lots in a zoning lot is not expressly discussed in the NYC Zoning Resolution, but was permitted by a 1978 Department of Buildings memo.

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Zoning Permits New York Legal 52

Revit OpEd

APRIL 15, 2016

This permits us to increase the starting value of a list. The rendering engine that generates what we see on screen has been reworked to permit this to behave better. As of 2017 the size of text will be based on using the font's cap height, which is measured from the baseline to the top of the capital letter "M".

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Revit AutoCAD Permits Visualization 40

Revit OpEd

APRIL 14, 2016

Last night I was able to download and install Building Design Suite 2017 from my Autodesk subscription account. With little fanfare Revit 2017 is here, brandishing a slightly changed big R logo. We'll see a need for upgrading from 2016 to 2017 files but not from 2016 to 2016 R2 files. Long Post Warning, worth it I hope.

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Revit Fabrication Schedule Modeling 40

Green Building Law Update

MAY 29, 2016

Santa Monica joins the California cities of Lancaster and Sebastopol which started requiring rooftop solar installations in 2013, and San Francisco which similar law , for building under 10 stories tall, takes effect January 1, 2017.

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Baltimore Los Angeles Electrical San Francisco 198

Revit OpEd

APRIL 21, 2016

This takes us to the fork in the road necessary to permit sharing the project via A360/C4R whether we are able to use it or not, just in case. There is a new Communicate panel too. In the past enabling worksets began with clicking on the Worksets button but now we start by clicking on Collaborate.

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Revit US Permits Roads 40

Construction Equipment

APRIL 1, 2016

House Bill 1036 stops the builder from seeking environmental permits or other licenses until July 2017. Citing action by the Georgia General Assembly which passed legislation that put a moratorium on private petroleum companies’ ability to seek eminent domain, Kinder Morgan has suspended work on its Palmetto Pipeline project.

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Georgia Permits Construction Housing 48

HardHatChat

JANUARY 17, 2017

Fostering a collaborative culture among our team, from new hires to our most veteran staff, will continue to be a focus for Englewood in 2017. Earlier this month I was going through my post-holiday emails when I came across a Construction Dive article on 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Construction Pros in 2017. Tel: 847-233-9200 x712.

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Commercial Contractors Bidding Spirit 156

Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 9, 2021

The lower court determined that the NYC Zoning Resolution did not permit a developer to utilize a portion of a tax lot to merge with a neighboring zoning lot. The inclusion of partial tax lots in a zoning lot is not expressly discussed in the NYC Zoning Resolution, but was permitted by a 1978 Department of Buildings memo.

Zoning 52

Zoning Permits New York Legal 52

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2018

AB 1431 – Permits Job Order Contracting for K-12 Districts. Minnesota Statutes 2017. California. AB-14 Public contracts: job order contracting. 2003-2004). Authorizes job order contract to all K-12 school districts, that have entered into project labor agreements, for public works over $25,000. Georgia State Purchasing Division.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 7, 2023

For example, RSMeans data do not account for variations caused by local codes, productivity rates, climate conditions, labour quality and availability, or costs related to land prices and permit fees (Ontario Construction Secretariat, 2001).

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Estimating United States New Mexico Renovating 130

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. on April 28, 2017, addressing the same flooding issues, but differently, acknowledging the large urban area’s drainage systems are designed to handle approximately the current 3 year storm (.

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Guidelines Certification Green Defense 168

Green Building Law Update

MAY 29, 2016

Santa Monica joins the California cities of Lancaster and Sebastopol which started requiring rooftop solar installations in 2013, and San Francisco which similar law , for building under 10 stories tall, takes effect January 1, 2017.

Baltimore 120

Baltimore Los Angeles Electrical San Francisco 120

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 11, 2020

1447(d) permits a court of appeals to review any issue encompassed in a district court’s order remanding a removed case to state court when the removing defendant premised removal in part on the federal-officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. Supreme court granted BP’s petition for a writ of certiorari in BP P.L.C.

Baltimore 207

Baltimore Maryland Claims Connecticut 207

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. on April 28, 2017, addressing the same flooding issues, but differently, acknowledging the large urban area’s drainage systems are designed to handle approximately the current 3 year storm (.

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Guidelines Certification Green Drafting 180

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 28, 2019

Senate Bill 546 (passed) makes changes to nutrient management plan compliance, enforcement, and reporting; concentrated animal feeding operation permitting and fees; and water quality monitoring in tributaries located on the lower Eastern Shore. Wetlands Permits and Licenses. Stormwater and Flood Management. Surface Mining.

Maryland 120

Maryland Permits Sewer Housing 120

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 29, 2017

California’s statutory changes to its existing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, that became effective January 1, 2017, may be a model for residential PACE programs across the nation. 2618 , both effective January 1, 2017. The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007.

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Modeling California Residential Finance 120

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 11, 2015

While Maryland offers non-monetary incentives such as priority parking and high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane access regardless of the number of occupants (when displaying an HOV permit on the vehicle), it is the dollar cost and source of funds for that public policy that is now drawing attention.

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Electrical Maryland Retail Leases 120

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 8, 2018

Numbers made available by the federal government depict that the cost of a typical rooftop solar installation fell more than 60% between 2010 and 2017 to $2.80 It would also authorize the Director of the Department of Permitting Services to approve a full or partial waiver. per watt or roughly $16,000 for the average home.

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Residential Contract Estimating Maryland 136

Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 28, 2016

Maybe most significant, the Plan requires that any rezoning for privately owned development beginning in first quarter 2017 meet an as yet to be determined threshold that staff has suggested may require those newly permitted projects to reduce emissions by 70% when compared to 2007.

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Electrical Plans Housing Employment 120

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Department of Agriculture claims it controls “organic” agricultural and because marijuana is a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970, federal policy does not permit cannabis, a federally banned substance, to be labeled as organic.

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Organization Certification Claims Sustainability 120

Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

This current action follows the February 28, 2017, Presidential Executive Order on “ Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule. ”

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United States Regulation Permits Legal 120

Green Building Law Update

JULY 26, 2015

And now that ASHRAE will be developing all the technical provisions of the IgCC, ICC announced the “2017 Group C cycle to develop the 2018 IgCC has been cancelled.”. The ICC will still be responsible for IgCC Chapter 1, Scope and Administration, so that the green code will continue to be integrated into the ICC construction codes.

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Green Agreement Certification Illinois 120

Green Building Law Update

JULY 26, 2015

And now that ASHRAE will be developing all the technical provisions of the IgCC, ICC announced the “2017 Group C cycle to develop the 2018 IgCC has been cancelled.” The ICC will still be responsible for IgCC Chapter 1, Scope and Administration, so that the green code will continue to be integrated into the ICC construction codes.

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Green Agreement Certification Illinois 120

Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

However, the 2015 revision unfortunately permitted differing sets of requirements for GFCI circuit breakers and for GFCI receptacles. In 2017, a proposal was made to remove two specific circuit breaker exceptions and make the requirements the same for both receptacles and circuit breakers.

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Visualization Electrical Safety News 98

NH Construction Law

MARCH 26, 2022

The AIA’s popular A201 (2017) General Conditions imposes several warranty obligations on the contractor. While contracting parties are free to agree to limit warranties to a one-year duration by explicit language in their contracts, that is not the approach taken by most standard form contracts – except in one limited instance.

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Contract EJCDC Documentation Claims 40

Green Building Law Update

MAY 5, 2019

Listed” permitted pesticides are defined to mean only pesticides that are recommended by the National Organic Standards Board or designated as “minimum risk pesticides” under FIFRA. It is widely accepted that a local government attempting to ban a legal substance is wrong.

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Maryland Regulation Risk Permits 120

Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Class 4 impact rated DaVinci Roofscapes products permit you to create a home or project that will have a greater chance of being protected from damage related to flying debris during severe weather. You can sleep easier at night if you’re installing composite shake and slate roofing shingles that resist high winds. No Coastal Concerns.

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North Carolina Conference Miami Construction 52

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JULY 24, 2013

“When operational in 2017, this plant will produce about 50 percent less carbon emissions than the coal plants it will replace. The current project schedule calls for construction to begin in 2014 and for the new combined cycle power plant to begin serving Consumers Energy’s electric customers in 2017.

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Michigan Permits Certification Electrical 60

Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 9, 2014

OSHA recently announced that it would extend deadline for implementing its crane operator certification rule requiring employers to ensure that crane operators are certified until November 10, 2017. OSHA is also extending the employers’ duty to ensure that crane operators are competent to operate a crane safely for the same period.

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Certification OSHA Employment Organization 67

Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

From the September/October 2017 Issue. Build-Ready assures that utilities, zoning, permits and even a building pad are all taken care of before a company has made the decision to locate. By the BF Staff. BF: Braidy Industries announced earlier this year that it will build a $1.3-billion

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Kentucky Louisville Certification Education 64

Business Facilities

DECEMBER 8, 2017

From the September/October 2017 Issue. Thanks to the state’s highly ranked one-stop permitting process, Continental Tire the Americas, LLC broke ground just 10 months after announcing the tire maker was locating in Hinds County, MS. The company is on track to produce its 1 millionth vehicle in late 2017. By the BF Staff.

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