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Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond, two pivotal changes in federal construction labor dynamics are likely to exacerbate increasing construction labor costs, according to Gordian's Samuel Giffin.
The Biden Administration is considering how to spur more affordable housing construction with strategies to influence reform of local housing regulations.
Chicago voters in March rejected a proposed “mansion tax” that would have funded efforts to reduce homelessness in the city.
A recently introduced bill in the New York City Council would mandate solar panel installations on the roofs of all city-owned buildings. The legislation would require 100 MW of solar photovoltaic systems be installed on public buildings by the end of 2025.
The groups have joined forces to urge Congress to fully fund the 2020 Census and the annual American Community Survey in its 2016 budget.
A few other cities, including Philadelphia, Austin, Texas, and Washington D.C., already have gender-neutral bathroom regulations.
FEMA will withhold funding on $5.5 million worth of projects such as building tornado safe rooms in schools.
Iowa lawmakers are investigating construction problems at the Fort Madison prison project and are scrutinizing rules regarding project delivery on state projects.
The USGBC, ASHRAE, ICC, IES, and AIA are collaborating on a single green code.
The Nevada Senate approved a bill that would suspend prevailing wage rules on school projects.
Buildings would have to be built either two or three feet above the base flood elevation for a 100-year flood or above the base elevation for a 500-year flood.
Research at Case Western Reserve University has found that buildings that rock during an earthquake and return to plumb would withstand seismic shaking better than structural designs commonly used today in vulnerable zones of California and elsewhere.
LEED administrators are concerned about a small group of developers or project owners who tout their projects as “LEED pre-certified” and then fail to follow through with certification.
The proposal would add biomass to approved renewables.
