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By IBISWorld Business Research Analyst, Daniel Krohn
As the EPA implements environmental regulations, the prices of goods and services from three key sectors will rise.
American concern for preserving natural resources and promoting sustainability has grown substantially during the past decade. This trend has spurred strong denizen support for government regulations that protect the environment from corporate exploitation, which has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in particular to institute legislation that will hold businesses more accountable for their impacts on the environment particularly those in the energy, construction and mining sectors. To do so, operational costs for the companies in these sectors are on the rise as they strive to comply with regulation and lessen their environmental impact, a trend that is anticipated to continue in the coming years. As a result, businesses that are heavily reliant on goods and services from the energy, construction and mining sectors are likely to see their own operational costs rise as their suppliers pass down cost increases.
Throughout 2015, five key pieces of legislation the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) will be revised. Once finalized, these revisions will substantially elevate the prices of a wide assortment of goods and services that the energy, construction and mining sectors provide, including natural gas, paints and coatings and nonferrous metals. Businesses reliant on goods and services from these sectors should develop a strong understanding of these impending legislative changes and what markets they affect to make better purchasing decisions.
Energy Sector The energy sector is expected to take the largest hit from regulatory change in 2015. The EPA has proposed to enforce stricter standards for the emissions of greenhouse gases, the discharge power plants release into US waterways and the handling of underground fuel tanks. These actions are projected to elevate electricity, natural gas and fuel prices in the upcoming years.
Coal-fired power facilities are expected to be a primary target of new legislation in 2015. An estimated 1,500 power plants in the United States are coal-fired facilities that generate nearly half of the countrys electricity. In the process, however, they produce large quantities of pollutants, such as ash and CO2, which are detrimental to the environment and public health. The EPA is expected to use the authority granted to them under the CAA, CWA, RCRA and MATS to tighten standards regarding emissions and discharge from coal-fired powered facilities. These standards will encourage power plants to switch from coal to natural gas, install additional carbon capture and storage technologies, add additional coal ash filtration systems and take additional precautions when disposing coal combustion residuals. IBISWorld expects the costs of complying with these new EPA standards will contribute to projected 1.5% annualized growth in electricity prices in the three years to 2017. Meanwhile, these standards are expected to stimulate demand for natural gas and, in turn, help pushnatural gas prices up at an annualized rate of 7.0% from 2014 to 2017.
Furthermore, under the revised regulations to the RCRA, fuel vendors will be required to undergo additional training on the proper operation of fuel storage tanks, update their underground storage leak prevention and detection system with the latest technologies and install systems that run cleaner fuel. These requirements will increase the operational costs of fuel vendors, growth that IBISWorld expects to contribute to a 2.9% annualized rise in gasoline prices and a 1.3% annualized boost in diesel fuel prices in the three years to 2017.
Construction Sector The construction sector is highly reliant on painting and demolition contractors, brick and structural clay products, as well as paints and off-highway trucks. Upcoming revisions to the CAA are projected to inflate the prices of brick and structural clay products and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Meanwhile, changes to the TSCA will increase the cost of manufacturing paint and call for additional training for painting and demolition contractors. Consequently, these revisions are projected to stimulate price growth in markets throughout the construction sector.
In 2015, revisions to the CAA will strengthen the emission standards imposed on brick and structural clay product manufacturers. These revisions will require brick and structural clay product manufacturers to take additional measures, such as replacing their kiln and dust control equipment more frequently and using cleaner fuels, such as natural gas to reduce their emissions of harmful byproducts. In turn, these standards are expected to inflate the costs of brick and structural clay manufacturers, which IBISWorld projects will to contribute to an annualized rise of 3.4% in masonry and stonework services during the next three years. Under the CAA, the EPA is also expected to set stricter emissions standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, which will force manufacturers of these vehicles to invest heavily in research and development. IBISWorld expects these investments will help ignite a rise in off-highway truck prices at an annualized rate of 9.0% through 2017.
Upcoming revisions to the TSCA are also projected to inflate costs within the construction sector. These revisions include lowering the limit for the tolerable amount of lead used in manufactured or imported paints, imposing stricter scrutiny regarding the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, radon and lead-based paint and instituting more stringent training and certification requirements for workers that remodel, repair or paint child-occupied buildings. Consequently, operational costs within the paint and coatings manufacturing market are expected to rise. Furthermore, foreign competitors that do not meet the more stringent regulatory standards will be eliminated from the US market, thereby reducing competition. IBISWorld anticipates these trends will encourage growth in paint and coatings prices at an annualized rate of 3.2% during the three years to 2017. Meanwhile, stricter disposal, training and certification standards are expected to elevate the operational costs associated with demolition service and painting service contractors, contributing to a 4.4% annualized increase in painting service prices and a 4.5% rise in demolition service prices during the next three years.
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TYNGSBORO -- Juniors and seniors in the Painting and Design program at Greater Lowell Technical High School had a chance to highlight their painting and artistic talents as guests of the Northeast Chapter of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America, a national organization of professional paint and wall-covering contractors.
The 17th annual Students' Faux Finish Competition was held at the PDCA's annual Conference and Trade Show, a three-day event in Springfield.
Painting and Design students from several vocational high schools displayed their work to be judged by a panel of professional painters and faux-finishing experts.
Greater Lowell Tech was well-represented at the competition in such categories as marble/polished stone, wood graining, wall glazing, textured/decorative plaster, and mixed techniques.
Ribbons were awarded to junior Kimberly Egan of Dracut, third place in Marbleizing/Polished Stone; senior Monica Coupal of Dracut, third place in Mixed Techniques; and juniors Rachel Hunt and Rachana Teng, both of Lowell, tied for third place in Wall Glazing.
Rounding out the list was a sweep of the Wood Graining category, with junior Jamie Overoye of Lowell taking first, senior Katelyn Fournier of Tyngsboro second and junior Victoria Gibbs third.
One of the companies responsible for the state Highway 26 reconstruction, Mashuda Contractors, will be starting its work on the third stage of the highway project on Monday.
Mashuda Contractors is responsible for Highway 26 work at the Highway 60 intersection and east to Hustisford to County Highway J. All Highway 26 work south of Highway J is being conducted by Zignago Contractors.
According to Mashuda Contractors grade foreman, Kip Gutke, the stage consists of bidirectional traffic on the newly constructed southeast ramp and northbound lanes of Highway 26 between the newly constructed Highway 60 bridge and County Highway J. The southbound lanes south of the Highway 60 bridge will be closed and houses along this route will use newly constructed frontage road Kreuziger Way. Southbound traffic will use the existing crossover located between County Highways J and CJ to merge back onto the newly constructed southbound lanes.
Gutke said to his knowledge, the work of Zignago Contractors on Highway 26 is for the most part completed for 2014. He said Zignago will be doing some painting and sign work next week but won't do much more until sometime in 2015.
According to Gutke, once next week's switch occurs, the work of Mashuda on Highway 26 will be shut down until spring of 2015. The start of that work will be reliant on the ground thawing and drying.
Once Mashuda is able to begin work again, Gutke said the company will work on the Highway 26 bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad, which is located just north of the Highway 60 bridge. Once that phase is wrapped up, Mashuda will move to its fourth and final phase which involves removal of all temporary roads and crossovers. Gutke said that phase, and the project as a whole, is likely to be completed in the fall of 2015.
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DENVER A website that claims to check out contractors for you is at the center of a FOX31 Denver investigation.
HomeAdvisors website claims to prescreen contractors, but Investigative reporter Heidi Hemmat uncovered major gaps in the companys screening process that could give consumers a false sense of security.
HomeAdvisor claims to do the work for you by making sure the service providers on their website have passed background checks, are licensed and have good reviews. But, dozens of consumers claim HomeAdvisor has cost them thousands of dollars.
Nate Wright is a highly rated painter on HomeAdvisors website, even though hes accused of taking a large deposit from one of his customers and disappearing. Find resources about how to find licensed contractors below.
Hemmat asked Wright, Did you take her $1,300 for work that you never did? Wright said, No. I did it all. Wright told us hes done nothing wrong. His alleged victim does not want to be identified. She says, My home is an eye sore. And he left me with a mess.
The Denver metro area woman said Wright required $1,300 of the $1,800 job in cash up front.
The woman claims he started painting her home and never finished. She said, I feel like I was duped. Im upset. Its stressful.
The alleged victim said she thought she had hired a painter she could trust because she found Wright and his company Wright Painting on HomeAdvisors website. The site, HomeAdvisor.com, claims to screen and approve all of the service providers on their site by requiring that they pass criminal and financial background checks. HomeAdvisor says it also verified professional licenses and customer reviews
The woman filed a formal complaint sending HomeAdvisor pictures, Wrights three-line handwritten contract and copies of the cash advance she used to pay him.
The HomeAdvisor complaint department suggested she pay Wright the rest of the contract. She said, They pressed me and pressed me to pay the last $500 when nothing had been done on my house.
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