Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 30, 2020

For those concerned about the state of the environmental industrial complex during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, I can report that last Friday I reviewed my 1,000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this year. Such is a dramatically large issue with the economic contribution of real estate to the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 17, 2019

To nurture a resilient human being, or a resilient city, is to build in an expectation of adversity, a capacity for inevitable vulnerability. It’s a shift from wish-based optimism to reality-based hope.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

RM: Very often those businesses don’t have large or sophisticated IT or risk management departments that are actively engaged in maintaining defensive security for the business. We don’t just leave it to the IT people to take care of and maintain the defensive perimeter. You have perimeter defenses. so you have elevation.

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Business Facilities

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The January / February 2019 issue features our annual State of the Year and Deal of the Year awards, our editor's picks for top utilities, and more. Read: January / February 2019 Issue (Volume 52, Number 1) at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 19, 2020

In late 2019 hazardous waste incinerators in at least three states were destroying PFAS fire-fighting foam (. The Department of Defense has identified 15 bases in Maryland “known to have releases of PFAS.” The EPA reports, “there is evidence that exposure to PFAS can lead to adverse health outcomes.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

RM: Very often those businesses don’t have large or sophisticated IT or risk management departments that are actively engaged in maintaining defensive security for the business. We don’t just leave it to the IT people to take care of and maintain the defensive perimeter. You have perimeter defenses. so you have elevation.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

And we wrote in a blog post in 2019 about a claim some 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast in Maryland, Net Zero Lawsuit filed Against Home Builder. Done correctly our work for a client is also a defense of capitalism by limiting the need for future government regulation. The more likely and larger risk is certainly to reputation.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

filed a protest with the contracting officer asserting that Sanford was not a small business because it received significant contract awards between 2019 and 2023, which, when averaged, exceeded the procurement’s applicable size standard. The non-awardee, Caldaia Controls, Inc.,

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Business Facilities

JULY 24, 2019

From the July/August 2019 Issue. secured a $10 million Department of Defense contract to strengthen the cybersecurity of small businesses that work with manufacturers in Louisiana. By Business Facilities Staff. The competition is the show: there must be winners and losers. LED’S FASTSTART: DECADE-LONG GOLD STANDARD FOR TRAINING.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 25, 2014

Eberspaecher, a developer and manufacturer of exhaust system technology, announced a significant expansion in Michigan beginning in late 2014 extending through 2019. Posted by Heidi Schwartz . This expansion includes investment of $122 million USD and 545 new jobs.

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Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In 2019, for example, the average profitability among the builders surveyed rose to 9.59% of revenue, up from 8.71% in 2018—the best performance since 2006, before the crash (see chart 1). Shinn’s analysis attributed the boost in 2019 to reductions in costs of sales and operations, while financing expenses were at all-time lows.

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Construction Specifier

JANUARY 13, 2025

The industry urgently needs a specification framework that is measurable, verifiable, and defensible. 2019 (R2019), Standard for Surface Texture (Surface Roughness, Waviness, and Lay). This standard provides a practical method for measuring Ra on a surface. Scott Langerman, P.E.,

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Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The K-12 School Shooting Database 1 project is researched and maintained as part of the Advanced Thinking in Homeland Security (HSx) program at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS). NSSPA 2 analyzed data from 1985 to 2019 data, using CHDS and Education Week’s School Shooting Tracker.

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NH Construction Law

AUGUST 11, 2019

The Town of Chester, for example, has announced that “Any plans or applications submitted on or after September 1, 2019 must be designed to meet these codes. Any project slated to begin after September 1, 2019 must also meet the new codes, regardless of application submittal date.”) But don’t count on it.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Department of Defense (DoD) published the much anticipated proposed rule for the revamped Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 For example, contractors subject to 252.204–7012 are already required to safeguard covered defense information in accordance with NIST SP 800-171.

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Pro Builder

AUGUST 13, 2021

The Natural Resources Defense Council says building energy use accounts for a quarter of the state’s climate pollution and the toxic nitrogen oxide air pollution from buildings is seven times worse than all of California’s power plants. The energy code, which will go into effect starting Jan.

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NH Construction Law

JUNE 30, 2020

2019) ( quoting In re World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation , 456 F.Supp.2d Overlapping the “derivative sovereign immunity” defense is the so-called “government contractor defense” to liability for procurement of negligently designed equipment, articulated in Boyle v. ’” In re U.S.

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Business Facilities

JULY 18, 2018

The Kansas-based aerospace manufacturer expects the new research and development complex at its manufacturing site in Prestwick, Scotland to open in 2019. Read: Spirit AeroSystems Building New R&D Complex In Scotland at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Business Facilities

DECEMBER 5, 2017

GTS, which provides advanced engineering solutions for defense, homeland security, and related U.S. Construction will begin in the first quarter of 2018 and the facility will be operational in 2019. Terry McAuliffe announces Global Technical Systems’ $54.7 Photo: Terry McAuliffe via Twitter).

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Construction Specifier

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The most recent study, conducted in 2019, built on previous findings from research done in Alaska and Canada, examines the use of insulation in roadway embankments and airport runways. In Alaska, permafrost is found below about 85 percent of the state, according to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 1, 2014

recently released an Action Agenda 2014-2019 report which urges that North Dakota explore the creation of a “targeted immigration” program. The goal of a targeted immigration program would be to recruit foreign workers with specific skillsets and match them to jobs that need filling. Herbert told us. Far West U.S. Great Lakes U.S. -

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The Korte Company

OCTOBER 29, 2021

She started as a project engineer in 2019. Now she’s the project manager on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s new Reality-Based Training Center , a 105,000-square-foot campus where first responders can practice simulations for personal and citizen defense, along with active shooter incidents. . It’s a whirlwind.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 27, 2016

Omen USA, an Israel-based manufacturer of aluminum parts for the automotive industry, plans to locate its first North American production facility in Richmond, IN, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2019. The delegation also attended a briefing hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv this week.

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The other front was for the real estate community to stop playing defense against entitlement processes, development standards, and zoning procedures that varied widely from city to city within the Salt Lake Valley. The builder reported 1,323 closings in 2020, raising its ranking among Pro Builder’s 2021 Housing Giants to No.

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Business Facilities

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A diverse, highly educated workforce and an entrepreneurial spirit have made Israel a magnet for a wide spectrum of businesses, from startups to multi-national corporations. Read: Israel Is Innovating Its Way To Success at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Business Facilities

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Virginia may be for lovers, but these days the Commonwealth also is getting a ton of love from emerging high-tech growth sectors and businesses looking for the perfect corporate HQ site. Read: Cover Story: Virginia Is Business Facilities’ 2018 State Of The Year at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Constructlaw

AUGUST 3, 2023

17] The court explained that its prior precedent erroneously “equated the defenses to recognition and enforcement with the grounds for vacatur” [18] and that this was “plainly and palpably wrong.” [19] 2019); Indus. 3d at 1446 (“[T]he Convention’s enumeration of defenses is exclusive.”). [13] DynaResource de Mexico, S.A.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 19, 2019

With a booming economy fueled by a business-friendly climate and a thriving startup ecosystem, Arizona was fourth among U.S. states in GDP growth in 2018. Read: Arizona: Job Growth Is Surging In The Grand Canyon State at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Safety Services Company

MARCH 6, 2017

Between its incredible strength-to-weight ratio and high melting point, it plays a fundamental role in aerospace, telecommunications, information technology, defense, medical, and nuclear industries. Beryllium is a metal element which is stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum.

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Safety Services Company

MARCH 6, 2017

Between its incredible strength-to-weight ratio and high melting point, it plays a fundamental role in aerospace, telecommunications, information technology, defense, medical, and nuclear industries. Beryllium is a metal element which is stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum.

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Business Facilities

JULY 22, 2019

Aireon was founded in 2011 in partnership with NAV CANADA, ENAV, NATS, the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and Naviair, as well as Iridium Communications and became an operational surveillance service in 2019. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In Virginia. Considering Virginia for your company’s relocation or expansion project?

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 9, 2019

With a world-class logistics network and a highly skilled workforce setting new standards for success in advanced manufacturing, Mississippi is aiming for the top. Read: Mississippi: Making The World Take Notice at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Business Facilities

MARCH 13, 2019

A new Competitive Communities Initiative in Arkansas aims to make locations across the state even more attractive for new and expanding businesses. Read: Arkansas: Creating Competitive Communities at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Business Facilities

JUNE 27, 2019

A new bill, passed unanimously across party lines, updates and reforms Nevada’s RPS so that, by 2030, 50 percent of its electricity will come from clean, renewable energy. Read: Setting The Bar High In Nevada at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Mississippi has reduced the amount of capital investment and the minimum number of jobs required to receive aerospace and data center incentives. Read: Mississippi: Business Is Blossoming In The Magnolia State at BusinessFacilities.com.

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