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Bay Area Cities To Spend $1.5 Billion for Sewer Upgrades

ENR Construction

Upgrades to sewer systems will prevent discharges of raw sewage into San Francisco Bay. Infrastructure'

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Can Looser Zoning Rules Help the Housing Shortage? Biden Thinks So

Pro Builder

Housing shortages are not exclusive to dense cities such as Boston and San Francisco, but metros such as Grand Rapids, Mich. Local regulations on environmental protection and road, school and sewer capacity often have strong support among residents, who generally want to keep property values high. and Austin, Texas.

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Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience

Construction Specifier

in San Francisco in October 2021. Urban centers have high concentrations of impervious areas and outdated sewer infrastructures, which post a challenge in managing stormwater during extreme rainstorms. Large volumes of stormwater can also lead to combined sewer overflow in older cities across the U.S.,

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Rooftop stormwater management technologies climate change adaptation and resilience

Construction Specifier

in San Francisco in October 2021. Urban centers have high concentrations of impervious areas and outdated sewer infrastructures, which post a challenge in managing stormwater during extreme rainstorms. Large volume of stormwater can also lead to combined sewer overflow in older cities across the U.S.,

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California Construction in the Time of Covid-19

Construction and Infrastructure Law

California’s list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” [1] exempts all construction work from the purview of California’s statewide “Stay at Home” Order. [2]

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California Construction in the Time of Covid-19

Construction and Infrastructure Law

California’s list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” [1] exempts all construction work from the purview of California’s statewide “Stay at Home” Order. [2]

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

Just ask the local sewer district sued by the Coalition that eventually refunded $35 million of overcharged impact fees. Secretary of the Treasury), who at the time was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, warning that the housing market was oversupplied with spec homes and was on the verge of collapse.