Codes + Standards Insurance Companies, Lenders Shift Climate Change Risk to Taxpayers Some insurance companies and lenders are reducing their risks to flooding, wildfires, and other natural disasters that could be worsened by...
Codes + Standards Prescient Receives ICC Certification for Seismic Resilience System Prescient, a digital design-build company focused on modular multi-unit housing, has received certification from the International Code...
Codes + Standards Why Are Building Codes Important? Building codes not only provide a standard benchmark contractors must meet, they also establish a building’s safety and energy performance for years to come
Codes + Standards What Is San Francisco's Latest Affordable Housing Push, and Will It Pass? An eye for an eye, and a skyscraper for a housing development. In the latest move to curb San Francisco’s dwindling housing stock and rising...
Codes + Standards New Jersey Governor Restores $60 million in State Budget for Affordable Housing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says he will restore millions of dollars into the state’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund. His administration will...
Codes + Standards American Concrete Institute and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Expand Partnership The American Concrete Institute and the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute will expand their partnership to collaborate more closely on...
Codes + Standards Wallcoverings Industry Releases Product Scorecards Concerning Sustainability The wallcoverings industry has developed Product Certification Scorecards, a new sustainability tool. The tool provides transparency into...
Codes + Standards American Concrete Institute Releases 2020 Codes, Specifications, and Practices The American Concrete Institute has released 2020 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. The document includes...
Sustainability New ISO Standard for Optimizing Building Use, Reusing, and Recycling Components Released A new ISO standard has the goal of optimizing building use to realize a structure’s full potential throughout its life cycle. ISO 20887,...
Codes + Standards Drinking Water Treatment Units Must Meet Stricter Lead Reduction Requirement The joint committee governing the American National Standards for drinking water treatment units recently lowered the maximum allowable...
