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The New York City Council is considering a proposed law with the goal of preventing building collapses. The Billingsley Structural Integrity Act is a response to the collapse of 1915 Billingsley Terrace in the Bronx last December.
Managers of companies in the industrial sector, including construction, have bought the hype of artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, but their organizations are not ready to realize its promise, according to research from IFS, a global cloud enterprise software company. An IFS survey of 1,700 senior decision-makers found that 84% of executives anticipate massive organizational benefits from AI.
The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) updated a document serving a recommended practice for determining test methodology for laboratory and field testing of exterior wall systems. The document pertains to products covered by an AAMA standard such as curtain walls, storefronts, window walls, and sloped glazing. AAMA 501-24, Methods of Test for Exterior Walls was last updated in 2015.
The University of Maine recently unveiled the world’s largest 3D printer said to be able to create entire neighborhoods. The machine is four times larger than a preceding model that was first tested in 2019. The older model was used to create a 600 sf single-family home made of recyclable wood fiber and bio-resin materials.
Wildfires strike Northwest timber industry in wake of Covid-19 shutdowns.
Construction and fossil fuel interests oppose portions of latest model energy code.
Sustainability policies will drive trend.
Ensures compatibility with the International Building Code.
Repeated rebuilding after successive floods now seen as bad policy.
Affordable housing projects can find PV installations to be cost-effective.
World Green Building Council drives goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Researchers to investigate risk of airborne transmission.
Part of suite of skylight documents by Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance.
Shuts down work sites for anti-bias training.
