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May 23,2013

Are federal design-build contract laws unfair to small firms? AIA thinks so, citing an interesting fact: an architecture firm spends a median of $...

May 15,2013

Cornell University's proposal to build a two million sf tech campus on Roosevelt Island has been approved by the New York City Council.

May 09,2013

New developments would have to meet more stringent stormwater-retention standards than redeveloped sites under a forthcoming Environmental...

May 01,2013

A recently introduced U.S. House of Representatives bill would give the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) more authority over...

May 01,2013

Two new landlord disclosure requirements become effective in California on July 1, 2013.

April 24,2013

North Carolina lawmakers have introduced state legislation that would restrict the use of national green building rating programs, including LEED...

April 10,2013

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed air-pollution standards that it says will reduce the amount of sulfur in U.S. gasoline by two-...

April 05,2013

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International and the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) released a report, “...

March 27,2013

The AGC Federal Contractors Conference provides a venue for contractors and federal agency personnel to meet in a collaborative forum to review...

March 22,2013

The DOE'S Building Technologies Office this morning put out a call to the AEC industry for expert reviewers for its new energy-efficiency...

March 19,2013

A proposed ordinance in Boston mandating energy audits is coming under criticism from the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and others as being too...

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March 18,2013

 

The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its first “State of our Schools” report,...
March 14,2013

With Congress potentially tackling tax reform, businesses, trade groups and others are jockeying to get their voices heard.

March 06,2013

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding employers to post OSHA Form 300A, which lists a summary of the total number of job-...

A view of Loring Park, Minneapolis. Credit: Dan Wick
February 25,2013

Charlotte, Denver, and Milwaukee are among 10 U.S. cities ranked recently by the conservation organization American Forests for having quality...

This hospital at Virginia's Fort Belvoir recently achieved LEED Gold.
February 22,2013

An independent report on energy efficiency and sustainability standards used by the Pentagon for military construction affirms the value of LEED-...

Minneapolis is the latest major metro to require large commercial buildings to b
February 14,2013

Minneapolis is the latest major metro to require large commercial buildings to benchmark and disclose their energy and water use.

February 06,2013

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International announced support for voluntary energy benchmarking, but said it opposes...

January 25,2013

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority has proposed suspending a tunnel-building project.

December 27,2012

The Pentagon has eliminated the stringent real estate leasing standards it put into place following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,...