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Is Tech Adoption Worth the Pain?

Construction Business Owner

Mon, 02/10/2020 - 16:39. Today’s robust platforms provide employees companywide with “anytime, anywhere” information ranging from budgeting detail, permits, invoices and billing statements, to change orders, time sheets and blueprints from just about any mobile device or PC. Is Tech Adoption Worth the Pain? Elizabeth Manning.

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Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS

Green Building Law Update

actually 3 separate bills) expressly permitting PFAS (. Then on February 20, 2020, the EPA issued preliminary determinations to regulate PFOA and PFAS in drinking water and also issued a supplemental proposal regulating new uses of PFAS as requiring review under TSCA. It passed legislation (. perfluoroalkyl chemicals)?!

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Single-Family, Multifamily Permits Continue to Increase

Pro Builder

Single-Family, Multifamily Permits Continue to Increase. Single-family and multifamily permits are up in all four regions with the Northeast leading for both sectors. The total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date hit 589,146 in June, a 35.9% increase for issued multifamily permits compared to June 2020.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

And interestingly, New York City passed a building code amendment last year requiring effective December 2020 the lowest 75 feet of new buildings to incorporate “avian-friendly materials” (. The County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits statistics indicate it would apply to less than 1% of permits issued each year.

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Building Permits Gain Year-Over-Year

Pro Builder

Building Permits Gain Year-Over-Year. Single-family permits issued year-to-date nationwide reached 681,949 compared with 525,623 for the year to date ended in July. The total number of permits for single-family new home construction issued during the first seven months of 2021 increased 29.7% Mon, 09/20/2021 - 11:35.

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Top 10 Environmental Blog Posts of 2020

Green Building Law Update

As we look back at my most read blog posts in 2020, at a time when most of us have accepted that we will never go back to exactly the way things were, we are no doubt collectively ready for a new year, and I am incredibly excited about the prospects for environmental law. Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS.

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Single-Family Construction Permits Point to Building Growth

Pro Builder

Single-Family Construction Permits Point to Building Growth. Thu, 06/18/2020 - 10:07. Numbers for single-family home construction remained flat in May with a 675,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate, but permits are signaling a promising growth. Single-family permits jumped nearly 12% last month, only 1.8% cbroderick.

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