Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 21, 2014

While hundreds of governments throughout the United States have adopted programs incentivizing green building, many tied to the LEED rating system, Arlington County, Virginia is the first to tie incentives specifically to the new LEED version 4. floor area ratio (FAR) bonus density in exchange for obtaining a LEED Silver certification.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A former coal mine will now be a six-mile test track and certification center.

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Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Top 10 States for NGBS Green Certification in 2022 ibush Fri, 02/24/2023 - 07:00 To date, these are the top 10 U.S. states for green building certification The National Green Building Standard (NGBS) launched in 2009. New states topping the single-family certification list include Louisiana and South Carolina.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

With defense spending cuts taking effect across the nation, the Commonwealth of Virginia has launched the $2 million statewide ‘Going Global’ initiative, a first-of-its-kind program developed to help Virginia-based defense contractors capture international export opportunities. Posted by Heidi Schwartz.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 20, 2016

The Virginia PDC’s footprint will cover more than 27 acres. . The Virginia PDC will include two shifts and create more than 70 jobs. million in equipment for the Virginia facility. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In Virginia. Considering Virginia for your company’s relocation or expansion project?

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Fieldwire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Though salaries vary by region, experience, and certification (among other factors), the growing demand for construction managers is likely to drive salaries even higher for the foreseeable future — the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts more than 46,000 construction management jobs will have been added by 2028 , a 10% increase.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Project developers have to post a bond guaranteeing the certification. LEED bonds do now exist and have been underwritten to support projects applying for the Arlington County, Virginia bonus density program. For the uninitiated, the DC Green Building Act requires that all new construction in D.C.

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BD+C

AUGUST 6, 2014

supervisors may do away with a county policy that requires LEED Silver certification on new county buildings. At a recent meeting, county supervisors questioned whether LEED certification is a cost effective policy. Several supervisors said they were not aware of the county policy on LEED certification. Loudoun County, Va.,

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 17, 2017

Virginia Beach, Virginia. Inouye Regional Center incorporates the natural Hawaiian landscape, and features LEED Gold certification. The building is the first LEED-rated Department of Sanitation and operates on municipal steam to heat the structure. Cost: $271 million. Feet: 302,023. Brock Environmental Center.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2014

. -- Live equipment demonstrations, nationally accredited certification examinations, education sessions and practical examiner training will all go to make for the largest ever participation at any construction event in almost two decades by the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators at the forthcoming CONEXPO/CON-AGG, the Virginia-based (..)

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The two-story building targeting LEED Gold certification serves as a consolidated scientific research facility at one of the largest marine research centers in the country, according to the project team.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 7, 2021

Luke Kinser , 35, Managing Member, Owner, Virginia Builders, Chesapeake, Va. Kerri Woodward , 38, Director of Sales and Marketing, Chesapeake Homes, Virginia Beach, Va. . Certifications • Florida Building Contractor. Off the Clock • Rooting for Virginia Tech football and basketball. Horton, Denver. Forty Under 40.

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BD+C

JUNE 9, 2016

This week, the Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, Va., earned Living Building Challenge certification from the International Living Future Institute. The certification means the building produced more energy than it used for 12 consecutive months while meeting other sustainable criteria.

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Help Everybody Everyday

APRIL 29, 2009

However, you need to be careful in filing your liens, especially in Virginia. The Court reasoned that the Virginia statute requires that the lien be verified by the claimant or its agent. As another example, this one from the Virginia Supreme Court in Britt Construction v. Kaled Naser, et. CL07-5431 (Va. Kaled Naser, et.

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Pro Builder

MAY 7, 2021

While CPVC pipes, fittings and cements are certified to NSF 61 under all water conditions, both copper and some PEX brands have limited NSF 61 certifications based on either the pH or temperature of the water. The industry standard for water quality impacts is NSF 61.

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Business Facilities

JULY 24, 2019

Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama are the top-ranked states, respectively, in BF’s flagship Best Business Climate ranking. North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia topped the chart in BF’s flagship Economic Growth Potential ranking. Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report. TN TOPS IN BUSINESS CLIMATE.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 26, 2016

Illinois retained its top national position on USGBC ’s annual Top 10 States for LEED list for the third year in a row, with 161 LEED certifications representing 3.43 A continued strong performance from Maryland and Virginia has reaffirmed the mid-Atlantic region, which includes Washington, D.C., as the epicenter of green building.

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Business Facilities

JULY 14, 2014

A University of Virginia Miller Center commission, chaired by former Governors Haley Barbour and Evan Bayh, has released a report offering innovative, non-partisan and actionable ideas on creating manufacturing jobs, which have been an engine of well-paying, middle-class employment throughout U.S. Posted by Heidi Schwartz.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

We also have a Southern Ohio location that services West Virginia and Kentucky. We have images of their training and certification. Ward: Some of the challenges we face include the diversity of where we are. We have an office in downtown Manhattan, right there amongst all the high rises.

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Construction Specifier

JUNE 1, 2021

Ongoing fire testing, consulting and certification continues to increase experience, understanding of comparative performance, and knowledge of performance trends for products and assemblies subjected to the NFPA 285 test. Listings, certifications and code reports. If found compliant, certification ( i.e. recognition) is granted.

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The Korte Company

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Lee, Virginia. Gateway Inn & Suites is expected to achieve LEED Silver certification according to USGBC requirements. The design was put to the test on Aug. 13, 2004, when Hurricane Charley made landfall just 40 miles away, lashing the coast with 145 mile-per-hour winds. At the time, the hotel was three-quarters complete.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The two remaining sites were in the middle of heavily traveled air corridors in the East: New York’s Mohawk Valley and Virginia Tech (in a joint effort with Rutgers University in New Jersey).

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Natural Building

APRIL 12, 2012

In 2000 this issue was addressed with the creation of the LEED building certification. The Ivy league does seem to be heading in the same direction, with Yale recently adding a joint-degree program between the Architecture School and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Design.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 12, 2016

ACHIEVEMENT IN SITE CERTIFICATION. We have two winners for this year’s award for Achievement in Site Certification: Indiana Economic Development Corp. for the Indiana Shovel Ready Program and the Tennessee Valley Authority for TVA’s Data Center Site Certification Program.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

If applying for a transferable credit certificate, no more than half the credit may be applied in a single calendar year. Tax credits must be applied for annually, after initial certification, and will be adjusted to reflect the actual of number of employees that qualify each year. The non-refundable certification filing fee is $150.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 29, 2013

The new data center will seek LEED Gold certification, and is scheduled to complete construction in late 2014. ODEC is a not-for-profit provider of wholesale power to 11 member distribution cooperatives in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware that serve approximately 1.2 Old Dominion Plans Generator in Cecil County. million people.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Three Louisiana Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) schools, including one at Southern University at Shreveport, deliver technicians with required certificates and FAA certifications. Recently, Tiburon Associates, based in Alexandria, Virginia, opened a maintenance overhaul facility at Camp Minden.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 12, 2016

It provides training in specific technologies, computer skills, safety certification, leadership, management and team building. In 2011, the state legislature passed The Motion Picture Incentives Amendment, which issued tax credit certificates to motion picture and digital media companies. “Our location really is the draw.”.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 6, 2022

This year’s event features training and techniques in concrete and masonry, countless exhibits from original equipment manufacturers, and educational certification seminars. In addition, there are plenty of educational opportunities with dealer technician training, hardscape workshops, and remote pilot certification programs.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 18, 2013

s relocation of its forensics lab from Virginia to Peoria, where the company will continue to develop its proprietary DNA analysis technology. Population Less Than 50K. City of Rochester (NH). The City of Rochester has an independent and focused attraction program unique to the goals and objectives of each Targeted Industry Initiative.

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Building Information Management

JULY 26, 2012

LEED Certification, and LEED in general has been a GREAT marketing tool. Green Building Certification Institute. Virginia Beach City Public School. USGBC West Virginia Chapter. That said, should LEED be a requirement? Is LEED cost effective? Should LEED be modified? How can that be? What costs would increase? Cumby, Inc.

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Consulting Green Architecture Sustainability 55

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Leigh Lally , Virginia Tech. . Deke is a 1973 graduate of Virginia Tech and holds a BArch, he has done post graduate work at the National Defense University. Deke Smith , buildingSMART alliance, Introduction.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

GA companies can implement Work Ready two ways—through job profiling and Work Ready Certificates. Companies match those profiles to employees’ Work Ready Certificates, which measure core skills, to ensure the right person is placed in the right job. The non-refundable certification filing fee is $150. See www.gaworkready.org.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Leigh Lally , Virginia Tech. . Deke is a 1973 graduate of Virginia Tech and holds a BArch, he has done post graduate work at the National Defense University. Deke Smith , buildingSMART alliance, Introduction.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 5, 2014

The Commonwealth of Virginia requires that new construction and renovation of state government buildings be green. And now Virginia has become the latest government to mandate an alternative compliance path for green building that includes the International Green Construction Code. Green building is not new in Virginia.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 22, 2016

VIRGINIA’S TRADITION OF TRAINING. Virginia has a longstanding reputation as a workforce pioneer thanks to programs such as the Virginia Jobs Investment Program (VJIP), which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. In this annual report, we showcase locations that are out in front in the skills race. Since VA Gov.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Dakota Clifford , Virginia Department of Transportation. Ashburn, Virginia. In fact, the company’s ISO 19650 kitemark certificate by BSI demonstrates this, and Ahmad played a significant role in its implementation and audit process. . Virginia Department of Transportation. Richmond, Virginia. Nima Jafari.

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