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A June 12 webinar by the Construction Specifications Institute will outline what energy codes and standards have been adopted in each of the...
California Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order recently that calls for all new or renovated state buildings of more than 10,000 sf to...
Heavy snowfall, construction defects, and design problems contributed to the collapse of the Stadium Southland roof in New Zealand in September...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently launched an educational campaign to prevent deadly falls in the construction...
The 314-student station elementary school will undergo extensive modernization.
Since a sustainable building is one you don't have to rebuild, some building sustainability experts believe adding points for "resilience" to...
A research project underway at the University of Michigan will test the potential of intelligent building envelopes that are capable of monitoring...
Environmental sensitivity is helping to drive adoption of new fire suppression agents.
An organization of several industry groups urged Congress to leave many contracting decisions to the discretion of individual agencies by avoiding...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed a new regulation, Injury and Illness Prevention Program, or I2P2, which would...
Keep abreast of market trends such as 2012 changes to green standards and codes at the AGC Contractors Environmental Conference, June 7-8, 2012 in...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reduced the number of violations from four to two against four firms it cited earlier this...
New York City officials announced strict new licensing and testing requirements for all crane operators in New York City to raise safety standards...
A mandate that requires installation of green roofs on new commercial and residential buildings in Toronto has been expanded to include industrial...
LEED for New Construction, Neighborhood Development and the LEED Volume Program offer some ways to achieve LEED points when dealing with...
Too few bolts connecting horizontal steel support beams with vertical steel columns was the cause of January’s construction accident at Horseshoe...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration takes far too long to adopt new safety regulations compared to other agencies’ development of...
In the wake of the recent scandal at the General Services Administration in which workers spent lavishly at a Las Vegas conference, a spokesman...
Those wanting to pursue development in heavily regulated and environmentally sensitive areas are benefiting by designing projects that qualify for...
New York’s City Council introduced a measure last week that would require the city’s 7,000 elevator mechanics to meet national standards and be...
