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The Minnesota state Court of Appeals rejected St. Paul's attempt to adopt a policy on egress windows that was stricter than state law.
A blaze that destroyed a 197-unit apartment building in St. Louis, Mo., displacing 250 residents, led the city’s fire chief to question the...
It is important for businesses to understand that an existing ramp at a building entrance may not mean that barrier removal obligations under the...
Construction professionals will be able to take a wide range of mandatory and optional safety training programs online through a new collaboration...
The town of Greensburg, Kan., virtually destroyed by a tornado in 2007, decided to rebuild 13 public buildings according to green standards.
After charges filed against Bovis Lend Lease in April led to an admission of guilt and $56 million in fines for overbilling clients, federal...
A Clark County, Nevada district court judge ruled that the unfinished Harmon Hotel at CityCenter, operated and half-owned by MGM Resorts, could...
A new report by the National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council highlights four several areas that need focus to improve...
A two-day summit focused on green building in the affordable housing market will be held Nov. 13 - 14, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif. at the...
A total of 726 buildings were inspected for unsafe conditions, and 266 did not meet safety codes, while 112 buildings were found to be vacant and...
Green roofs and other green infrastructure would be required to capture stormwater under a draft state wastewater discharge permit from the...
Code enforcement officials in Charlotte, NC gave the okay for the SouthPark Mall to reopen after two parts of its roof collapsed following heavy...
The National Roofing Contractors Association’s update of its Guidelines for Roof Systems With Rooftop Photovoltaic Components is now...
The Advanced Energy Design Guidelines from the Department of Energy and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air...
A San Francisco property-management company has agreed to pay a record $800,000 civil fine for hundreds of building code violations at rental...
A glass envelope acting as a kind of biodome encapsulates four mixed-use towers at Parkview Green FangCaoDi, an 800,000 sf mixed-use development...
It’s conceivable that innovation in project finance can do for building efficiency in the coming century what 30-year mortgages did for home...
New York City has implemented a program to encourage construction of "micro-apartments" in the Big Apple, where rents are exorbitant and the...
To minimize the loss of thermal resistance in design, the R-value of roof insulation should be computed based on the actual performance of the...
Office of Management and Budget Director Jeffrey Zients is scheduled to testify before the House Armed Services Committee Aug. 1 to explain the...
