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5 Green Construction Practices that are becoming Standard Commercial Construction Procedures

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Anyone in the commercial construction industry knows there are a variety of certifications and designations that individuals, companies and projects can achieve to show they follow a high level of green commercial construction practices. are standard green procedures for ground-up construction projects. Here are a five examples: 1.

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Commercial Construction CSI – How to Uncover the Demons in Your Construction Site

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Step 2: We rented a sewer camera and discovered a metal object stuck to the existing pipe, which scraped the cable and caused the explosion. At one point or another, even the best Chicago commercial construction contractors are susceptible to a construction site demon. Step 1: We pulled out the cable to find it completely destroyed.

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Rhobina Electric Fined Following Fatal Trench Accident

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Rhobina Electric $37,318 after a trench collapsed and killed a worker at a Taylor, Mississippi, job site. Rhobina, based in Batesville, Mississippi, is a commercial and plumbing contractor. The worker had been installing sewer pipe…

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Is offsite construction the answer to jobsite safety concerns?

GCP Applied Technologies

While some folks commonly think of precast as grey concrete, used for sewer systems or structural elements, it can also be used to construct entire buildings, including schools, office structures, and condominiums. Commercial buildings. Is offsite construction the answer to jobsite safety concerns? Phillip.fry@gc…. August 26, 2020.

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Construction Labor Cost Data by State

Job Order Contracting

Electrical Engineers. Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians. Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay.

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SITE PLANNING

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Civic services such as water supply, drainage sewers, electric lines, telephone lines, etc. Residential house site should be located away from the busy commercial roads. The site should command a good view of landscape such a hill, river, lake, etc. Soil at site should not be of made up type as far as possible.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Electric companies (utilities) and other electricity suppliers must submit renewable energy credits equal to a percentage specified in statute each year or else pay an alternative compliance payment equivalent to their shortfall. Water and Sewer Services. Clean Energy Jobs. Septic Systems. Milk Labeling.

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