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Business and labor groups have combined forces to push for a change to California's Environmental Quality Act, specifically its complex review...
Remarking on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, which devastated south Florida; contractors are noting the storm’s impact on...
Texas has the most diverse weather risk in the country, with exposure to nine different types of natural disasters.
The new rule will streamline OSHA’s standards by eliminating the separate cranes and derricks standard currently used for underground and...
This action may foreshadow federal spending cuts scheduled for year's end if Congress takes no action on the federal budget.
The CRRC-1 standard covers specimen preparation and test methods for measuring the initial and aged solar reflectance and thermal emittance of...
About 7 billion more sf of commercial space is expected in the pipeline.
Currently, LEED green building standards only accept timber products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
This publication helps contractors appreciate the grounds for an alleged violation of the expected standards of business conduct and ethics, and...
The Safe Building Code Incentive Act would give states a little extra post-disaster federal funding if they enacted and enforced nationally...
Construction crews racing to finish the Brooklyn Barclays Center are ignoring strict regulations to reduce noise and pollution, a new report by...
Fall-protection equipment helped save the life of a worker who was cleaning the Washington state Capitol building in Olympia, after the platform...
The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) is sponsoring a free webinar on August 21 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT) on electronic energy control.
Not usually noted for its innovation, the public sector has done the most to advance sustainable building, according to a recent panel of green...
The GreenLife Business Centre in Milton, Ontario near Toronto is set to become the first net-positive energy building in Canada.
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.
