AIA WA Gains Senate Victory on Architect Bill
Hillsboro, Oregon, Fire Marshal Achieves State Certification
Wagner Is Idaho Building Official of the Year
Is Portland Ready for Urinals in Recycling Bins?
Builders' Lobby Backs Washington Workers' Comp Initiative
Washington Building Council Takes Own Road to Green Building Practices
Cluster of DuPont, Washington, Homes See Frozen, Bursting Pipes; Sprinklers to Blame?
Park City Building Inspector Reaches Profession's Pinnacle
Inaugural Issue of the California Building Standards Commission Newsletter
Napa, California, Preparing Building Codes Tougher than 2011 State Rules
Flatiron Secures More than $200M in New Southern California Contracts
Missing Convention Center Foundation Section Baffles Tucson, Adds to Costs
New Mexico Crane Operator Contacts Power Line, and Lives
Sacramento to Become "Green Technology Center"?
California Adopts Nation's First Statewide Green Building Code
Orange County Architectural Firm Employee Charged with Embezzling $1.9 Million
Convicted Killer of Texas Code Enforcement Officer Loses Appeal
Residents Thinking Fire Safety after Cathedral City Fire
Inspectors in Napa, California, Out in Force in New Safety, Code Enforcement Effort
Nineteen University of California Irvine Buildings Have Fire Safety Problems
Leading Los Angeles Architect Goes Solo
Blind California Architect Helping with VA Center Expansion
Boulder Fire Chief: Requiring Sprinklers Could Improve Response
Texas Chapter AIA Supports Sustainable Building Initiatives
New Editions of International Codes Will Help Prevent Deadly House Fires
Texas Stadium Implosion Set for April 2010
Homes Evacuated in San Antonio as Hill Crumbles
Avondale, Arizona, Home Condemned; Solar Power, Batteries Insufficient
Pitkin County Joins Aspen in Adopting Stiffer Energy Code
All New Housing in California to Be Fitted with Residential Sprinklers
Lava Maps Cause Angst on Hawaiian Island
Labor's Deals Stir Dust-Up in San Diego Construction
A Tough Year for Aspen Construction Industry
Tough Times for Utah's Construction Industry
Hawaiian Building Task Force Urges 10 Percent Tax Credit
Signs of Life in the California Home-Building Industry
Ultra Modern Tafoni Home is a Floating Residence for San Francisco
California Approves Requirement for Fire Sprinklers in All New Homes Beginning in 2011
Golden, Colorado, Building Department Adopts New Codes
2010 California Fire and Building Standards Adopted Aimed at Reducing Fires
Morgan County, Colorado, Planners Would Nix Sprinklers, Radon Abatement
Sticker Shock in Reverse: Homes Worth More than New Mexico City Suggests
Fire Sparks Near Incinerating Toilet at Farm Complex Outside of Santa Cruz, California
Industry Appeal Keeps PEX Approval in California Plumbing Code
Loveland, Colorado, Fire Official Warns of Fire Danger in Dryers
Ohio | Oklahoma | South Dakota | Wisconsin
Michigan Builder Bob Jones Elected Chairman of the Board of NAHB
Green Building Initiative in Indiana Meets Resistance
Carbon Monoxide Sickens Eight at Missouri Fitness Center
Businessman Pleads Guilty of Bribing Building Inspectors in Cleveland, Ohio
Delavan, Wisconsin, Builder Starts Permit Website
St. Louis, Missouri, Man Spends Thousands to Rehab Property; City Says It's No Longer His
Cleveland Cavaliers' Removal of Water Fountains Violates Ohio Building Code
Kansas City Architects Face a Tough Draw
Female-Led Architecture Firm Brings Feminine Touch to Chicago's Skyline
Ohio Dabbles in Construction Reform
Kansas University Students Unfazed by Construction Industry Woes
Illinois Builders Seek Their Own Recovery
Ex-Dearborn Building, Safety Worker Heads to Prison
Waste Management in Wisconsin Acquires City-Wide Recycling, Grows Recycling Services for Builders
North Carolina | South Carolina | Tennessee | Virginia | West Virginia
Codes Part of New Statewide Tennessee Energy Policy; Jurisdictions Urged to Comply, Some Are Not
Building Code Enforcement Lowers Wind Pool Insurance Rates
Condo Owners Protest Fire Sprinkler Requirement in Naples, Florida
Virginia Firefighters Fight Sprinkler Battle
Former Miami Beach Building Inspector Gets 18 Months in Jail
Dardanelle, Arkansas, Hires Code Inspector
Snowpack Shouldn't Have Caused Blacksburg Virginia Gym Collapse
Carbon Monoxide Scare in East Memphis, Six Sent to Hospital
Tusculum, Tennessee, Board Adopts International Building Code
Cary, North Carolina, Company Helps Green Product Manufacturers with No-cost UL Design Assistance
North Carolina Builder Rick Judson Elected to Leadership of NAHB
South Carolina Demonstration Impresses Fire Service Participants
Number of North Carolina Construction Workplace Deaths Falls
Helical Pile Systems in North Carolina for New Construction ES-Accepted, IAS-Accredited
Sprinklers Urged for Alabama's Older Hotels
Palo Alto, Virginia, Gets New Green Mental Health Center
Will New Urbanists Deliver A Home-Win With Miami 21?
Park Manor Campus in Tennessee Will Include National Best Practices Alzheimer's Care Facility
Carolinas Associated General Contractors Announces 2010 Board
Homewood, Alabama, City Council Decides against Requiring Fire Sprinklers in New Homes
First Hurricane Shelter Built to New ICC-National Storm Shelter Standard in Florida
Energy Efficiency Improvements through the North Carolina Building Code
Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | Vermont
Criminal Probe Launched into Connecticut Plant Blast
Connecticut Governor Calls for Safety Review after Blast
Brother: Work on Connecticut Plant Troubled Blast Victim
Decoding Maine's New Building Code
No Safety Officials Present During Gas Purge at Middletown Blast Site
Transformer Explosion Shatters NYC Building Windows
Officials Seek Lessons in Connecticut Power Plant's Deadly Blast
Pennsylvania Ice Rink's Roof Collapses
Carbon Monoxide Leak at New Hampshire Hotel Sends 11 to Hospital
Concerns Continue over Life and Safety Code Issues in Hampton Falls, Maine
Hounsfield, New York, Code Officer Not Reappointed
New York Construction Expert Offers Advice on Choosing the Right Architect
Philadelphia Prepares to Spend $200 Million on Bland Architecture
Connecticut Town Architect Named Merit Award Recipient
Violations Found at Building in Brooklyn Where Five Died in Fire
New Hampshire May Reverse Sprinkler Requirement
Fire Sprinklers: Fighting Fire with Facts in Baltimore, Maryland
Philadelphia Builders: Fire-Sprinkler Mandate Is All Wet
Certain Safety Codes Didn't Apply to Middletown Kleen Energy Systems Plant
Interior Designer Sues CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper after Fall at NYC Home
IBA First to Meet NYC Code Requirements for Special Inspection
New York Code Council Approves Code Based on 2009 IECC and 90.1-2007
Brockton, Massachusetts, City Official Pleads Guilty to Charges
NAHB Sprinkler Suit in Pennsylvania
"Urban Umbrella" Could Soon Surround New York City Sites
Recent New York City Construction Accident Is a Reminder of Dangers
New York Hotel Construction Down to Record Lows
Balitmore Storm Water Regulations Would Cost Jobs
Hartford, Connecticut, Launches Online Permitting
Urban Umbrellas to Replace NYC Sidewalk Sheds
Habitat for Humanity and NYC Team Up for LEED Certified Affordable Housing
Floating Mega Arcology for Boston’s Harbor
Why Manhattan Is America's Greenest Community
New Hampshire Sprinkler Requirement Up for Debate
NYC Drops Effort to Cut Building Energy Use
NYC Approves Green Buildings Plan
Pennsylvania Adopting 2009 IRC with the Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirement
New Hampshire Adopting 2009 IRC with the Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirement
New Jersey Contractor Admits Accepting $7,000 from East Orange Store Owner in Exchange for Permits
State Probing North Haven, Connecticut, Building Department
Salvatore Cassano to Succeed Nicholas Scoppetta as New York City Fire Commissioner
Landscaper Allegedly Threatens to Kill Building Official in Rhode Island
Hull, Massachusetts, Offers Builders Permit Credit for Freeboard
Bloomberg Swears in FDNY's New Commish; Hails 2009 as "Year for the History Books"
Salisbury, Maryland, Firefighters Teach Residents Fire Safety
Suit Filed over Green Mountain College Coed Bathrooms in Vermont
Shelton, Connecticut, Building Official Guilty in Federal Probe
Call for Jamaican National Building Code
Are There International Building Standards Suitable for Haiti?
U.S. Embassy in Haiti Seems Built in Accordance with the IBC
Canadian Housing Starts Expected to Show Continuing Recovery
School Collapses after Heavy Rain in Northern Haiti, Killing 3 Children
Hope Dims for Quake-Trapped PBSJ Engineer in Haiti
In Haiti, Many Buildings Too Unsafe to Occupy, Volunteer Engineers Say
Burj Khalifa Shut after Visitors Stuck in Elevator
Vancouver Olympics Architect Concedes Changes Needed to Tragic Luge Track Layout
Haiti and the Demands of Disaster-Zone Architecture
Architects Say Haiti Disaster Shows Need for Building Code
Jamaica Observer: Pass the Building Code Law Now
Fire Safety in Focus at Island Glass (Bermuda) Seminar
Haitian Disaster Has Renewed Interest in a National Building Code for Jamaica
Abu Dhabi's Tough Fire Codes for All New Buildings
Shanghai Building Collapses, Nearly Intact
New Abu Dhabi Fire Code for Capital's Buildings
Dubai Opening World's Tallest Building amid Crisis
World’s Tallest Building, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, Now Officially Open
Epic Task of Rebuilding Port-au-Prince Is Beset by Hard Strategic Questions
UK Green Path Leads to Deindustrialization and Worsening Housing Shortage
NRC Researcher Guylène Proulx Is Appointed to the Order of Canada
NRC Human Behavior Studies in Emergency Situations Researcher Guylène Proulx Passes Away
UK Man's Self-Designed Castle Won't Be His Home
Enforcing Proper Building Codes in Jamaica
Need for French-Speaking Structural Engineers in Haiti
Tallest Building in Haiti Designed using American Building Codes Escaped Almost Unscathed
Prince Charles under Fire over UK Architecture Campaign
UK Green Path Leads to Deindustrialization and Worsening Housing Shortage