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USA Today Disparages “Easy” LEED Credits, Which Is Nothing New In my article titled “LEED and Economic Development,” I discussed USA Today’s criticism of LEED’s…
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LEED and Economic Development
Green-building Incentives Promote Renovation and Redevelopment in a Down Economy Recently USA Today published an analysis of the Washington, D.C.- based U.S. Green Building Council’s…
U.S. DoL Assists Laid Off Evergreen Solar Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a $408,403 National Emergency Grant increment for continued assistance to about 320 workers affected by the 2011 closure…
Report Finds Supply/Demand Imbalance In Affordable-housing Apartment Markets
CohnReznick LLP, the nation’s 11th largest accounting, tax and advisory firm, has released a study focused on the operating performance of apartment properties financed with…
Global Construction Equipment Market Expected to Reach $192.3 billion in 2017
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, “Construction Equipment Market – Global and China Forecast, Market Share, Size, Growth and Industry…
Turner Says Nonresidential Construction Costs Increase in Fourth Quarter 2012
Turner Construction Co. has announced that the Fourth Quarter 2012 Turner Building Cost Index, which measures costs in the nonresidential building construction market in the…