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2014 National Preparedness Month Toolkit Now Available

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INDUSTRY NEWS
2014 National Preparedness Month Toolkit Now Available
National Fire Academy Recruiting Students for New Pilot Course
NOAA's Updated Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook Calls for Increased Chance of Below-Normal Season
Not Your Father's Code Development Process
ESL, Interlogix Hard-Wired Smoke Alarms Recalled Due to Failure to Alert Consumers of a Fire
Webinar to Focus on Benefits of Outcome-Based Code Provisions
IBHS' Hurricane Charley Research Still Relevant 10 Years Later
Increasing Home Values Affect Housing Affordability in Second Quarter
Builder Confidence Rises Two Points in August
New-Home Sales Down 2.4 Percent in July
Combined Single- and Multifamily Gains Boost Housing Starts in July
IBC, NFPA Standards Provide Guidance on Passive and Active Fire Protection Systems
Housing Starts in U.S. Rise to Highest Level in Eight Months
National Institute of Building Sciences Celebrates 40 Years
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U.S. REGIONAL NEWS
CALIFORNIA: San Francisco Building Advisory Committee Cites Safety Concerns with Proposed Online Rental Legislation
MICHIGAN: Building Spike Leads to New Canton Building Department Post
MINNESOTA: Bemidji Building Inspectors Struggle to Keep Pace with Low Staff, High Construction Numbers
NEW YORK: How Modular Construction Could Solve New York City's Housing Crisis
NEW YORK: Shelter Island Building Department Intern Creating Septic System Map
NEW YORK: Building an Outdoor Shower? Consult Your Local Building Code Officials
NEW YORK: 9 of 10 Building Plans Fail Energy Code Basic Test
OHIO: Hillsboro City's Building Office Certified
TENNESSEE: Kingsport Revving Up Code Enforcement Efforts
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GLOBAL NEWS
Is Chinese Cast Iron Piping The Next 'Chinese Dry Wall' Epidemic?
Middle East Skyscrapers Will Tower over All
China's Supercomputer Serves 'Smart City' Construction
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SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
Leading Building Industry Groups Agree to Streamline Green Building Tool Coordination, Development
Make Resilience Part of Sustainability
Support Growing for Referencing ICC 700 in National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
One Standard to Rule Them All: LEED, IgCC, 189.1 to Be Parts of Single System
Green Building Initiative Announces Formation of Consensus Body for Revision of ANSI/GBI 01-2010
First-Ever Healthy Building Symposium Announced
New Smart Toilet to Prevent Water Pollution in Disaster Areas
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