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April 08, 2019 | by: NDA
From Construction & Demolition Recycling. The National Demolition Association (NDA) has announced Chris Godek of New England Yankee Construction LLC in Milford, Connecticut, has been elected the new president of NDA for the 2019-2021 term. NDA represents nearly 500 and demolition companies throughout the U.S. and Canada.
April 05, 2019 | by: NDA
From Lexology. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced on March 29, 2019, proposed changes to its existing joint employer regulation in Part 791 of Title 29, Code of Regulations. Specifically, the DOL's proposed rule will provide additional guidance for determining joint employer status.
From Sentinal & Enterprise News. The city's proposed plan for how to use $1.05 million in Community Development Block Grant money would support 20 projects, including demolition, streetscape improvements, and housing inspection.
April 01, 2019 | by: NDA
From Demolition and Recycling International. Mike, who was 53, travelled the world giving OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) training and served on various NDA committees for more than 20 years. He was also a speaker at the first World Demolition Summit to take place in North America, at Miami in 2016.
March 29, 2019 | by: NDA
Members joined their peers in the demolition industry for three days of networking and education at our Annual Convention and Expo in Denver, Colorado! This year, we had nearly 1,100 demolition professionals from across the country join us for Demolition Rockies and welcomed 90 exhibitors in the Expo. Additionally we had 682 attendees at Live DEMOlition. Check out our slide show from convention and exhibit hall tour video.
March 28, 2019 | by: NDA
From Construction & Demolition Recycling. Long before EnviroVantage became a $20-million- per-year demolition and abatement company, 19- year-old Scott Knightly was just looking for a summer job to pay for his junior year at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business.
From forconstructionpros.com. On Oct. 7, 2018, a vacant warehouse in Allentown, PA, caught fire. The four-story brick-and-timber building located on the corner of Franklin and Gordon streets was a former manufacturing facility constructed in the early 1960s. By the next day, the building was completely consumed by a multi-alarm blaze that caused some collapse of the structure.
March 18, 2019 | by: NDA
From JDSupra. The Opportunity Zone tax incentives created by the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 seemed to be a perfect opportunity to spur development of environmentally impaired properties, known as brownfields, in economically distressed communities.