State Planning Issues
Council for Quality Growth Serves as Co-host for ACEC Georgia’s P3 Summit on May 14th
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia, or ACEC Georgia will hold their annual P3 summit on May 14th at the Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart. The program will begin at 8:00am and last most of the day. The conference will focus on P3 legislation with regard to projects in the state of Georgia. Speakers include the following: Senator Brandon Beach Senator Hunter Hill Jeff Lewis, Georgia DOT Board Member Tim Lowe, Chairman of World Congress Center Authority Chris Tomlinson, Executive Director of State Road and Toll...
read moreGeorgia World Congress Center Authority Approves Architecture Firm for New Falcons Stadium
On Tuesday, the GWCC agreed to a $35 million deal with Kansas City based architecture firm 360 Architecture to design the recently approved Atlanta Falcons stadium. While the design is in the early stages, a video that shows the possible features of the new stadium can be viewed...
read moreCommon Sense Economic Development vs. Byzantine Environmental Regulations
Last week, Council for Quality Growth President & CEO Michael Paris presented in the AJC Op-Ed Section, a balanced perspective on protecting and respecting the environment and the states vital infrastructure and transportation needs. This is in response to a single Indiana Bat disrupting over $450 in infrastructure in Georgia. To read the editorial Click HERE To read contrasting editorials to the Council for Quality Growth by Cindy Dohner, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Glenn Bowman, administrator of Environmental Services...
read moreGeorgia Department of Community Affairs Board to Review New Optional Code Appendices and Georgia State Amendments
The State Codes Advisory Committee (SCAC) met on July 26 to review optional Code Appendices and Georgia State Amendments. Included in the review are Georgia State International Building Code Appendix R Disaster Resilient Construction and the optional Georgia State International Building Code Appendix N Disaster Resilient Construction code appendices as well as the Georgia Amendments to the 2006 editions of the following State Minimum Standard Codes: the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings (IRC) and the...
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