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    Jesse, I've attached our five steps to master planning.  This is the general approach we use when assisting clients with master plans.  I can provide some plans, too, if its helpful.  But we prefer to create "public facing" plan documents that can be ...

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    Hi Karen, Thank you for these resources! Do you have access to the back-end data that provides the demolition material estimates in the calculator? My email is allie.omens@nashville.gov if you would like to discuss via email.  Best, Allie ------------------------------ ...

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    Good morning, We bill shared dumpsters by the cubic yard serviced per tenant​. For example, if a 6 yard is serviced twice a week, then that is 12 cubic yards total per week. Those 12 yards are split between the tenants sharing the container, by expected ...

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    Yes, I think most of them just sell to the grid, as the landfills are mostly closed facilities with nothing much there to power. A few of the landfill gas-fuelled generating facilities or gas extraction systems are dedicated to one source - one was heating ...

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    Christopher, another thing that you might look at is whether or not the price at your transfer station is too low.  We have had that issue occasionally, where some kinds of loads fall between the cracks in our pricing structure, making it cheaper to come ...

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