Codes

Sixteen years ago, the Los Angeles City Council decided against requiring retrofits of existing b...
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Recent advancements in structural design, combined with the loosening of density and zoning requi...
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Proposed legislation to further regulate the building of micro apartments has triggered appeals f...
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Some 1,500 concrete structures built in Los Angeles before 1980 could be vulnerable to earthquake...
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Our experts say no, but it could save lives. In this report, they offer recommendations on securi...
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Proposed changes include mandating the insulation of hot water piping in new buildings.

Architect Gerhard Becker was sentenced to a year in LA county jail after pleading no contest to t...
read moreStrengthened sprinkler regulations proposed for the 2015 National Building Code of Canada (NBCC)...
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City officials in Akron, Ohio want to prevent stormwater from entering its combined sewer system...
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Cloud-based building automation tools and product disclosure declarations are among the green bui...
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A new tool from the engineering firm Buro Happold takes into account both energy and economic per...
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Buildings in tornado-prone areas should be constructed to withstand strong winds just as hurrican...
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The 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)—the code that serves as the model for stat...
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Current federal contracting laws are discouraging talented architects from competing for federal...
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ISO has joined the national nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) to encourage commun...
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Dallas stands out as one of the few large cities that is enforcing a green building code, with th...
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The roof of the Memorial Auditorium of Concordia College in Minnesota will undergo a complete str...
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President Barack Obama recently signed an executive order related to climate change and disaster-...
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The proposed new code will increase the mandatory installation of occupancy sensors and daylighti...
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Green-building and accessibility are the major themes of the 2013 updates to California’s constru...
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In California, there are still hundreds of concrete buildings that need reinforcement to bring th...
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With countries not tackling climate change aggressively, cities are in the best position to drive...
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Sixty-five up-and-coming AEC stars presented their big ideas for solving pressing social, economi...
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Many large construction projects in Arizona are going green by paying attention to energy efficie...
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The newly revised ConsensusDocs standard subcontract (ConsensusDocs 752 for federal work) will ma...
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San Francisco is poised to drop a requirement that skyscrapers have refill stations so firefighte...
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The healthcare industry has experienced great attention from The Joint Commission concerning fire...
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Since 2000, at least three individuals have died as a result of falling from the upper decks of s...
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Outdated building codes and lack of a master plan slowed the initial rebuilding stage after a dev...
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New York-based Millennium Partners have agreed to dig a trench on a Hollywood, Calif., property t...
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