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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
The boom in retail sales in the United States also has driven a boom in the demand for warehouse space near seaports, according to the industrial real estate services firm CBRE. The result is that industrial markets at major U.S. port cities have come under…
The National Retail Federation says the retail import surge that began in the summer of 2020 is expected to continue during this summer as retailers work to meet increased consumer demand. “We’ve never seen imports at this high a level for such an extended…
The Surface Transportation Board issued a rail demurrage billing rule that requires Class-I railroads to incorporate information needed by shippers on their railcar demurrage bills. The required information includes: The billing cycle covered by the invoice.…
Industrial property construction will hit a five-year high in 2021, topping 342 million square feet, according to CommercialSearch, the online commercial real estate marketplace. Overall, industrial property completions are set to increase by 24% over last…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Warehouses next for OSHA’s ramped-up enforcement of Covid 19 guidelines. There is no evidence that food packaging has ever transmitted Covid 19. Can…
The top North American markets for large warehouses (200,000 square fteet or larger) saw record transaction activity in 2020, with the total number rising 25%, according to CBRE. As has been widely noted, the surge in leasing activity stems from the…
Even before criticism of the Biden Infrastructure legislation for its redefinition of infrastructure to include the electrical grid, water pipelines and internet access among other things, the question of how to pay for infrastructure improvements was a…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says qualifying employers must submit EEO-1, Component 1, data for 2019 and 2020 starting on April 26 with a deadline of July 19. In 2020, the commission decided to postpone collection of 2019 data to this…
Several states have abandoned Coronavirus lockdown rules, especially mask mandates, including Texas, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina, and more are getting ready to do so. However, workplace mask requirements still exist at the federal level, and as…
There is no evidence that food packaging was ever implicated in transmission of the Covid 19 virus, U.S. and international authorities have declared. The Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and…
On March 26 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration kicked off ramped-up enforcement of its Covid 19 guidelines, initially targeting employers in the healthcare industry. Employers in warehousing and distribution, however, need to take immediate…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: We will never return to pre-pandemic industrial, office and shopping environments. Among the upsides to the ecommerce boom are tangible environmental…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
The boom in retail sales in the United States also has driven a boom in the demand for warehouse space near seaports, according to the industrial real estate services firm CBRE. The result is that industrial markets at major U.S. port cities have come under…
The National Retail Federation says the retail import surge that began in the summer of 2020 is expected to continue during this summer as retailers work to meet increased consumer demand. “We’ve never seen imports at this high a level for such an extended…
The Surface Transportation Board issued a rail demurrage billing rule that requires Class-I railroads to incorporate information needed by shippers on their railcar demurrage bills. The required information includes: The billing cycle covered by the invoice.…
Industrial property construction will hit a five-year high in 2021, topping 342 million square feet, according to CommercialSearch, the online commercial real estate marketplace. Overall, industrial property completions are set to increase by 24% over last…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Warehouses next for OSHA’s ramped-up enforcement of Covid 19 guidelines. There is no evidence that food packaging has ever transmitted Covid 19. Can…
The top North American markets for large warehouses (200,000 square fteet or larger) saw record transaction activity in 2020, with the total number rising 25%, according to CBRE. As has been widely noted, the surge in leasing activity stems from the…
Even before criticism of the Biden Infrastructure legislation for its redefinition of infrastructure to include the electrical grid, water pipelines and internet access among other things, the question of how to pay for infrastructure improvements was a…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says qualifying employers must submit EEO-1, Component 1, data for 2019 and 2020 starting on April 26 with a deadline of July 19. In 2020, the commission decided to postpone collection of 2019 data to this…
Several states have abandoned Coronavirus lockdown rules, especially mask mandates, including Texas, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina, and more are getting ready to do so. However, workplace mask requirements still exist at the federal level, and as…
There is no evidence that food packaging was ever implicated in transmission of the Covid 19 virus, U.S. and international authorities have declared. The Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and…
On March 26 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration kicked off ramped-up enforcement of its Covid 19 guidelines, initially targeting employers in the healthcare industry. Employers in warehousing and distribution, however, need to take immediate…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: We will never return to pre-pandemic industrial, office and shopping environments. Among the upsides to the ecommerce boom are tangible environmental…