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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.
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 developer wants to build a commercial development out of steel shipping containers in Las Vegas, but city codes would have to be altered or the...
Environmental sensitivity is helping to drive adoption of new fire suppression agents.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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 plan to build the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas is among several major building projects in jeopardy after the Obama...
