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A $2.7 billion state bond package that would have financed expansion projects at more than a half-dozen universities in Texas died on the final...
The Minnesota Legislature approved tax breaks worth $250 million for a $1.5 billion project that would double the size of the Mall of America in...
The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) are asking Congress to enact...
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) filed a bill in May that would require prime contractors that bid on federal construction projects over $1 million...
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety says that Maryland citizens will be safer due to legislation passed by the legislature and...
Are federal design-build contract laws unfair to small firms? AIA thinks so, citing an interesting fact: an architecture firm spends a median of $...
The Senate’s bipartisan immigration reform proposal will provide interim legal status to some 11 million undocumented people.
North Carolina lawmakers have introduced state legislation that would restrict the use of national green building rating programs, including LEED...
The U.S. Army submitted a $129.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2014, $2.3 billion of which is allocated for military construction, army family...
A Florida House bill that says state agencies should decide on a project-by-project basis which green certification standards are used on state...
The DOE'S Building Technologies Office this morning put out a call to the AEC industry for expert reviewers for its new energy-efficiency...
A bill to reform the EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (LRRP) was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate.
The Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association (RCMA) and the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) created a database...
California Assembly Bill 292 would make the California Code of Regulations (including the Building Codes) open source.
Minneapolis is the latest major metro to require large commercial buildings to benchmark and disclose their energy and water use.
Document urges a regulatory stance that will support manufacturing, including favorable building codes and tax policy.
Two bills that would require installation of green and blue roofs on new government buildings received overwhelming approval from the state...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered cuts to military spending as a precaution in case the White House and Congress fail to agree to avert $...
Congress recently passed the Drywall Safety Act; President Barack Obama is expected to sign it soon.
