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AAMA 611-12 describes test procedures and requirements for high performance (Class I) and commercial (Class II) architectural quality aluminum...
A fight is brewing in the Michigan legislature over how many fully qualified electricians must be present during electrical work when apprentices...
Aberdeen may become the first city in Washington to base a building code on rising oceans and global warming.
This seminar will review recent changes in energy codes, examples of building enclosure wall assemblies for code compliance, potential moisture...
Philadelphia's $2 billion plan to manage its storm water with green methods including porous pavement, green roofs, and more trees, was officially...
The updated LEED 2012 system will introduce a new credit category, “Location and Transportation,” to encourage development oriented around public...
Given the rapid transformations occurring in the federal construction sector, FMI examines the key forces accelerating these changes, as well as...
The result, the researchers say, could be technologies capable of cutting the carbon footprint created by the huge power demands buildings place...
Though Congress passed a defense budget preventing the Department of Defense from spending money to achieve LEED gold or platinum certification,...
A community building in Oregon and an office building in California are the first two projects to earn net-zero status under the International...
Following a worker’s death, the collapse of a century-old, two-story warehouse under demolition as part of Columbia University’s expansion is...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sharply curtailed the period of time that companies can be cited for Occupational Safety and Health...
This seminar will trace the origins of green codes, how they compare and differ from the rating systems that have been used, and examine some of...
On March 15, the most significant changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) since it became law in 1991 went into effect.
Florida ranks highest among 18 hurricane-region states for building codes and their enforcement, according to the Insurance Institute for Business...
An AIA official calls the new International Green Construction Code (IgCC) a “game changer” for sustainable construction.
New energy codes could add thousands of dollars to the construction costs of each individual apartment residence in a multifamily building,...
The U.S. Green Building Council’s updated LEED 2012 standards will require two systems to be modeled for each project in order to show power...
This seminar will review recent changes in North America energy codes, examples of building enclosure wall assemblies being considered for code...
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake that shook Mexico from Mexico City to Acapulco damaged hundreds of homes and sent thousands fleeing from swaying office...
