Benefits Water supply around the world has become one of the major tasks facing municipal managers and stake holders. Desalination has often been regarded as too expensive because it consumes too much energy. Environmental concerns have also been expressed by local groups that fear their beaches and shoreline will be harmed if desalination plants are built nearby. Beginning in 2000, large (25 million gallons per day and larger) desalination pl...

L2 Federal Resources presents an exclusive contracting webinar... LIVE WEBINAR | Thursday, September 20, 2012 | 1PM Eastern The 5 W's of Bid Protests As the federal end-of-fiscal year budget decisions are finalized, awards, and accompanying bid protest activity will be ramping up. Sit in on this Federal Procurement Bid Protest live webinar to prepare yourself to submit, and perhaps defend, an award gone awry. The primary goal of the presentat...

Benefits The land survey is a critical part of real estate practice. All parties involved need to be knowledgeable of the survey process so a proper survey can be assured instead of assumed. With this knowledge, a thoroughly researched, accurate and clear representation of the property can be achieved. Minor discrepancies can be resolved without the devastating effects that oftentimes result. Understanding and working with the surveyor can hig...

Benefits Cities, states and the EPA are placing new emphasis on storm water discharges from industrial facilities, construction sites and municipalities. They are conducting storm water pollution prevention plan inspections at industrial facilities and construction sites. Some of these inspections have resulted in storm water violations with fines. Nationwide, storm water is a leading source of water pollution and consequently, EPA is moving f...

L2 Federal Resources presents an exclusive contracting webinar... LIVE WEBINAR | Wednesday, September 13, 2012 | 1PM Eastern Intellectual Property Rules in Government Contracts: Know Your Technical Data and Patent Rights Doing business with the U.S. Government brings with it an abundance of unique rules and regulations governing the allocation of rights to intellectual property. These rules and regulations are designed to balance the contract...

Benefits In most of the United States, attorneys representing nonprofit institutions and those who donate to them and their endowment funds are governed by new state law which replaced the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds, which had been the law in 47 states since 1972. This live audio conference helps you cope with a new set of legal requirements. In this currently challenging economy, the UPMIFA provides nonprofit institutions with...

Benefits Every major public or private action that may have a significant effect on the environment and which needs a Federal permit, funding, or other authorization must go through the NEPA process. The White House Council on Environmental Quality has issued guidance on both mitigation and making the NEPA process more efficient. The former often allows otherwise problematic projects to proceed by addressing and avoiding or alleviating their e...

Benefits This live audio conference - conducted by one of the key contributors to the U.S. EPA's Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters - will provide a broad overview of the watershed planning approach being used by federal and state agencies nationwide. Watershed plans address all aspects of protecting and restoring rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, and coastal waters. They are used by drinking water utilit...

L2 Federal Resources presents an exclusive contracting webinar... LIVE WEBINAR | Thursday, August 23, 2012 | 1PM Eastern Unraveling Certified Payroll Requirements on Federal Construction Contracts Making the move from residential/commercial construction projects to government-funded construction projects, which have certified payroll reporting requirements, can be overwhelming for most contractors, their office staff, and the accounting profe...

Benefits With the ever increasing regulation of environmental impacts including that of stormwater runoff, it is important for engineers, architects, planners, property managers, real estate developers, construction contractors, environmental professionals, and public works and regulatory agencies to understand the potential application of underground stormwater management (SWM) best management practices (BMPs). Stormwater management is requir...