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Administration officials significantly underestimated the cost to construction employers of proposed new hiring quotas for federal contractors,...
The collapse of a section of a roof parking deck at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake in Ontario, Canada could have been prevented if the...
After the May 22, 2011, EF-5 tornado destroyed St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., architects and engineers analyzed how the nine-...
Tax breaks passed by the U.S. government to encourage construction of green buildings are set to expire in 2012 and 2013.
The director of the 2030 Challenge for Products says that the organization is aiming to place a label on building products that will list what’s...
A meeting of 1,000 business executives at the recent Rio+20 environmental conference featured a passionate plea to include building resilience in...
Ontario's housing minister announced new building code rules to help prevent glass panels from breaking off high-rise balconies during hot weather...
Italian officials are questioning seismic building standards and inspection procedures in the aftermath of two damaging earthquakes.
Odebrecht Construction Inc., a Brazilian engineering and construction company, is suing the State of Florida over a new law that bans governments...
Since last summer, glass balconies have shattered at 13 different buildings in Toronto.
California is the first state to add window film into its building code. Window film, a polymer material, offers cost-effective energy savings.
A new ISO standard will help the construction industry better manage the environmental impacts of concrete.
The building team will be held accountable for how net-zero energy buildings perform two, five, and maybe ten years after completion.
U.S. Green Building Council co-founder David Gottfried’s new venture, Regenerative Ventures, has established a rating system for building product...
A sustainability standard has been established for single-ply roofing membranes used on commercial buildings.
Legislation that approved the construction of a new billion dollar stadium for the Minnesota Vikings passed the Minnesota legislature.
A miscalculation in how prevailing wages are calculated in New York reportedly costs the state $3 billion a year in public-infrastructure projects...
Business groups have asked the U.S. Department of Labor to reconsider a proposed hiring quota aimed at federal contractors...
Building sustainable data centers is one of the goals of HP Labs, and it believes technology, combined with the right building techniques, could...
