If you need a little eye candy for your Friday, CNN recently posted pictures of what building data company Emporis of Hamburg, Germany, has concluded are the most “spectacular” buildings in the banking industry. The buildings include: * Bank of America Tower (New York) — Architects: Cook + Fox Architects;…
In Stresscon Corp. v. Travelers Prop. Cas. Co. of Am., 2013 COA 131, 2013 WL 4874352 (Colo. Ct App. Sept. 12, 2013), http://www.cobar.org/opinions/opinion.cfm?opinionid=9084, the Colorado Court of Appeals addressed the question of whether an insured’s breach of a “no voluntary payment” clause will always bar the insured from receiving benefits…
LINKS UPDATED AUGUST 30, 2017 California’s Contractors State License Board (CSLB) issues licenses to applicants to contract for particular trades or fields — each such trade or field is a “classification.” The classifications are a “Class A” general engineering contractor, “Class B” general building contractor, and “Class C” specialty contractor…
UPDATE: Environmental News Network, Renewables Now Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels in Australia (Jan. 8, 2014) Citing to a recent report by Lux Research, Inc., on December 2, 2013, Forbes reported that “[u]tility-scale solar power is poised to become cost competitive with natural gas by 2025.” The Lux Research report entitled…
LINKS UPDATED AUGUST 30, 2017 UPDATE: CSLB Streamlines License Experience Review Process; Watch YouTube Video of December 4 CSLB Experience Verification Seminar As a quick primer, in California an applicant for a contractor’s license must have at least 4 years of experience in the class he/she is applying for to…
On Monday, November 25, 2013, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Parks Commissioner Veronica M. White, Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty and Director of the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability Sergej Mahnovski announced that the largest solar energy installation in New York City will be installed at Freshkills…
The light at the end of the tunnel moved further away for California’s high speed rail project on Monday, as a California court’s rulings placed much of the project’s funding in limbo. In one ruling, in an action brought by the High-Speed Rail Authority and High-Speed Passenger Train Finance Committee…
2016 Update: Death of Del Paso; Sponsor A Dream: Iceland Ice Skating Rink Update: Sacramento Business Journal, Sacramento Business Journal, North Sacramento public market plans official debut (Sep. 9, 2014); Domus looks at Del Paso Boulevard parcels for mixed-use projects (Aug. 15, 2014); Sacramento Business Journal, Enotria plans to reopen…
On October 31, 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new concentrating solar power (CSP) project that will be led by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). CSP technology uses sunlight to produce steam, which is then used to generate electricity, and improves the efficiency and performance of…
On November 1, 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy opened the competition to select up to 20 collegiate teams to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015. The teams selected will begin a 2-year project to build solar-powered, highly energy-efficient houses that combine affordability, consumer appeal, and…