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U.S. EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Oct. 25 announced 141 federal enforcement actions completed over the last year to ensure that entities like renovation contractors, landlords, property managers, realtors and others comply with rules that protect the public from exposure to lead from lead-based paint. Exposure to lead dust, chips or debris from lead-based paint can pose serious risks to human health, particularly for young children.
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AWDI and Bloomberg
Many of you have tried various ways to be on the first position online. Maybe you have tried social media ad campaigns on Google or Facebook. Possibly Bing or Yahoo. Surely some SEO marketer promising the world has called repeatedly and guaranteed you front page position across the board. Did they tell you about your NAP info? Did they mention DISTANCE, RELEVANCE and PROMINENCE? Probably not. Did they tell you no matter how much money you spend you will never be found on a relevant voice search? Did they mention Verizon bought Yahoo or that Microsoft, which owns Bing, now owns LinkedIn as well? If not, they really should have, according to Kristoffer Page Senior Business Development Manager for OMG National. SEO search may not be the best way to be found anymore.
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Forbes
Do you follow the home improvement industry? If so, the Home Improvement Research Institute thinks you should pay attention to these key trends in 2019. The nonprofit trade association is comprised of global building product manufacturers, national retail chains and allied organizations on the media and information side.
These five takeaways were among the key points industry experts shared at HIRI’s 2018 Industry Insights Conference last September in Oak Brook, Illinois, (with context provided).
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Window Film Magazine
Personal protective equipment is vital to the safety of every worker on the job site, but not every person can properly fit into it. Women in the industry can find themselves wearing PPE that is too big or doesn’t fit well on them. Even if it’s a pair of gloves fitting women appropriately, including window film installers, the right fit could make a big difference.
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The Post and Courier
Just into the Francis Marion National Forest, a builder has spent two years constructing energy-efficient 1,700-2,400-square-foot homes costing $290,000-$320,000 — a sharp discount from prices in nearby Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. On top of that, the homes slash electricity expenses with super-insulated panels and eco-friendly products.
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Forbes
Do you follow the home improvement industry? If so, the Home Improvement Research Institute thinks you should pay attention to these key trends in 2019. The nonprofit trade association is comprised of global building product manufacturers, national retail chains and allied organizations on the media and information side.
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Curbed
If you had told Sam Grawe, Herman Miller’s former brand director, that after 15 years in the Bay Area he and his family would up and move to the middle of Michigan, he would have called you crazy.
For one, he and his wife had just bought an Eichler home in Marin County, and, two, the lifestyle change would be pretty drastic.
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ForConstructionPros.com
Although air quality often takes a backseat to occupational safety, lung cancer mortalities are 50 percent higher among construction workers than the general population. The Center for Construction Research and Training and Duke University found that nearly one-fifth of lung diseases among construction workers may be a result of harmful emissions on-site.
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