Codes
The goal of making it easier for people to age in place led to amendments to Vancouver, B.C.’s bu...
read moreThe Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) was granted final approval of several amendm...
read moreThe California master building code, set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, includes a few change...
read moreThe New Mexico State Court of Appeals struck down an attempt to repeal energy-efficient building...
read moreAn American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers committee drafting t...
read moreAs states increasingly look to utilities to play an active role in supporting building energy cod...
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The increased number and severity of storms with high winds nationally should prompt a reexaminat...
read moreThe California Building Standards Commission adopted the new 2013 state standards code that inclu...
read moreThe Montana Department of Administration is developing a single building standard for all state f...
read moreSince 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 m...
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A developer wants to build a commercial development out of steel shipping containers in Las Vegas...
read moreThe International Code Council (ICC) recently published the 2012 International Residential Code (...
read moreA former chief building inspector for San Francisco wants to enact building codes that would limi...
read moreThe mayor’s plan to move to a less environmentally friendly code would mean confusion for people...
read moreDespite tough safety codes approved a decade ago after earthquakes killed 18,000 people, lax enfo...
read moreA uniform code for green construction is being readied for publication in March.
Over the past few years, Seattle, San Francisco, Austin, and Washington, D.C., have passed laws r...
read moreThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a hazard alert, warning worke...
read moreU.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) code revision recommendations in the w...
read morePresentations on recent Fire Protection Research Foundation projects, how September 11th and the...
read morePresentations on recent Fire Protection Research Foundation projects, how September 11th and the...
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