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The new 2010 code establishes minimum design and construction requirements to protect buildings from wind, rain, floods, and storm surges.
Macomb, Illinois aldermen voted to recommend that the city not adopt 2012 international building and residential code standards requiring the...
With thousands of New York City rental units posing potential dangers to tenants, city advocates are proposing measures to make landlords improve...
Last year, only 5% of federal contract dollars went to small disadvantaged businesses. Construction and facilities support firms were the biggest...
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved two American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) standards addressing fall...
Two University of Toronto engineers have developed “viscoelastic-energy-dissipating dampers” to replace many of the heavy concrete beams used in...
A March 22 webinar will provide an overview of a 28-step process during the design of a building to ensure compliance with building codes.
A federal rule meant to protect the lungs of workers has been caught in bureaucratic purgatory for more than a year.
A new study by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning...
As LEED standards continue to rise, the top level, LEED Platinum, will likely mean net-zero energy construction by 2018.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now finalized its 2012 construction general permit (CGP) that authorizes stormwater...
Regulators with the Occupational Safety & Health Administration and the city of Cincinnati are investigatingthe collapse of the second floor...
There are many other recognized national, state and local programs that offer a variety of best management practices and sustainable design,...
A bill in the California Assembly would allow the state to pool together property owners’ energy-retrofit loans.
He has been a driving force behind multiple safety-orientated initiatives at Shawmut, including Safety Week, the creation of an online safety...
A plan to build the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas is among several major building projects in jeopardy after the Obama...
The federal government is especially focused on renting LEED-certified spaces.
The New York Port Authority and the city’s fire and building departments are investigating an accident at the World Trade Center construction site...
After March 1, all building plans in Virginia must adhere to the 2009 code that was adopted a year ago.
