NEW Seattle Engineers Unsure Why Building Facade Collapsed

NEW Beaverton (OR) to Lay Off Building Inspectors

EcoFLATS: Net-Zero Apartment Living in Oregon for Everyman
IAPMO to Open First-Ever Washington Office
Great Falls (MT) Official Remodels Building-Permit Process
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?

NEW San Jose (CA) Council to Impose Building Inspector Cuts

NEW Mormon Church Building Construction in Utah Going Green

NEW Building Permits for San Diego (CA) Homes on the Rise

NEW Lingle Vetoes Hawaii Residency Rule for Government Construction Jobs

NEW Loan Plan Could Boost Building in San Francisco (CA)

NEW Seattle (WA) Inspector Should Have Checked Problems

NEW Nation's First Mandatory Green Building Code Displayed

NEW Recovery Act to Help Rebuild Four Indian Schools in Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota

Huachuca City (AZ) Seeking Photos of Blaze
Big Isle's Building Code Going Green
Sacramento Building Department Boss Resigns during Permit Scandal
Nevada Report Says Reno-Carson Area Could Get 6.0 Temblor within 50 Years
Utah Objects to Expensive Fire Codes
IGGC Work Group Member Jaffari Awarded 2010 Colorado Sustainability Champion Award
Gene Paolini Named California’s 2009 Building Official of the Year
Vail Colorado's Announcement of New Green Building Code Impacts Real Estate Developments
Building Green Homes Breaks into the Mainstream in Northern California
Lake Tahoe Builder Looks to LEED Way in Green Construction
Big Island Talks International Energy Conservation Code
Golden (CO) Puts Stop to Elaborate Tree House
Texas Firefighter and Building Inspector Rescue Dog
Irving (TX) Planning, Inspections Director Named Building Official of the Year by University of Texas
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

NEW Indiana University Breaks Ground on "Green" Technology Building

NEW Rental Unit Inspection Program Here to Stay in Warren, Ohio

NEW Public Nuisance Property in New Richmond (WI) Deemed Liability Issue

NEW $3 Million Suit Filed against Thomson Township (MN)

NEW Vermillion (SD) Building Inspector to Inspect Balcony Collapse

NEW Home-Building Activity in KC Area Increased by 48.3 Percent in First Quarter

NEW Annual Parade of Homes in Rapid City (SD) Shows Off Latest Designs

NEW Recovery Act to Help Rebuild Four Indian Schools in Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota

Wilmette (IL) Fire Chief Pushes for Updated Sprinkler Laws
Kansas Legislature Votes Down Bill Prohibiting Fire Sprinklers
Cleveland Cavaliers Will Reinstall Water Fountains at the Q to Comply with State Building Code
Former Michigan Building Department Head Has New Life in Court
Fire-Code Inspections under Fire in Minneapolis
Troy (MI) Privatizes Building Department
ICC Call for Increased Seismic Protection in Midwest Will Create New Market
Chicago Buildings Commissioner Changes Work Rules to Tackle Corruption
Mentor (OH) Building Official Wins State Award
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
Home Builders Prevail; Overland Park, Kansas, City Council to Delay Adoption of Updated Building Codes
Builders, Safety Experts, Debate Iowa Sprinkler Rules
Two More Charged in Building and Safety Investigation: Michigan Building Inspector Says He's Being Scapegoated

NEW Top NOAA Meterologists Say Very Severe Hurricane Seasons Ahead

NEW Volusia County (FL) Snowbird Turns Home into Colorful Code-Enforcement Protest

NEW Bradley (TN) Building Inspector Says Goodbye

NEW Tennessee Construction Contracts Surge

NEW West Virginia School Building Authority Awards $100 Million in Construction Money

NEW Home Construction Increase in Greenville, (SC) Not Fueled by Homebuyer Tax-Credit Program

NEW Economy Slows Building Inspections, Greenwood County (SC) Department in the Red

NEW Work Continues to Beef Up Franklin County (GA) Building Codes

NEW Charleston (SC) Chief Favors In-Home Sprinkler Systems

NEW Construction Crews Dig into White House North Lawn

Norfolk, Virginia, Targets Derelict Homes by Leveraging New State Law
Forecasters Predict Active 2010 Hurricane Season for Southeast
More Than 1,500 Cape Coral (FL) Building Inspections Done in Three Weeks
New Home Fire Sprinkler Mandate Tabled in Florida
LEED Buildings A Growing Trend in Cherokee, Gerogia
South Florida's Battered Construction Industry Sees Some Job Growth
DeLand (FL) Wants to Help You Save Money on Energy
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

NEW 2009: New York Construction Industry's Annus Horribilis

NEW Inspector Says He Faked Data in New York Building Tests

NEW Saugus (MA) Officials Taking Aim at Eyesore Home

NEW Judge: Somerset County (PA) Building Inspector Doesn't Have Immunity

NEW Maine Builders Readying for New Construction Standards

NEW Pennsylvania Builders Association to Continue Sprinkler Fight

NEW With Construction Jobs Tight, Some Philadelphia Unions May Strike

NEW Zoning Appeal in East Hampton (NY) Says Town Allows Two Houses

NEW Bill Murray Reads to Construction Workers at NYC's Poets House

NEW Pennsylvania Builders Association to Continue Sprinkler Fight

NEW Maine Builders Readying for New Construction Standards

University at Buffalo (NY) Engineer Heads to Chile to See How Hospitals Fared
Detroit Wants to Save Itself by Shrinking
Maine Fire Chiefs ICC Updates
Carbon Monoxide Detectors Required across NY Today
Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Supports Sprinklers for New Jersey
Feds: Gas Build-Up Led to Fatal Connecticut Plant Blast
In This Corner: Fire Sprinklers Important Part of New Pennsylvania Builders Code
Praise for Needham (MA) Building Department
State Board Gives Thumbs Up to Building Code Change Sought by Acushnet (MA) Chief
West Seneca's (NY) Inspector Sold Plans on the Side
Lowell (MA) Building Inspector Fired for Lack of Certification
New Hampshire Energy Code Takes Effect April 1
NY State Building Code Council Adopts New Rules Promoting Energy Conservation and Building Safety
Taunton (MA) Building Official Faces Charges for Covering up Star Scrawlings
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
Pennsylvania Builders Association Files Suit to Stop Implementation of the 2009 Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code
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
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces Nearly $1 Million to Protect Communities by Improving Flood Protection Projects
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

NEW New Building Codes Coming to Jamaica

NEW US Embassy Built to Code Rides Out Haiti Earthquake

NEW UK Building Workers Stop Work, Remember Dead Colleagues on Workers Memorial Day

NEW Australia: Workers Rally against Labor Government's Building Industry Watchdog

NEW Abu Dhabi Building Industry Pinpoints Hazards in Effort to Save Lives

NEW Cuba Promotes Building of "Own Effort Homes" to Help With Lack of Housing

NEW U.S. and Australia Sign Landmark Emergency Management Coordination Agreement

NEW United Arab Emirates Going Green

NEW Building Making a Comeback Overseas

NEW Japanese to Build World's Tallest Building on Floating Lilypad

EERI Sends Second Reconnaissance Team to Haiti
Missionary Plans to Rebuild Haiti to International Code
Mexican Civil Engineer Becomes "World's Richest" Person
Missionary Plans Haiti Rebuild with Insulated Foam Blocks or Wheat Panels to IBC Standards
Chile’s Quake Damage Mitigated by Past Lessons
Red Cross Haiti: Clinton Teams Up with International Code Council
UBC or IBC for Seismic in Philippines
Turkey Pledges Safer Homes after Quake, But Past Promises Had Limited Impact
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority Launches Green Building Regulations
Australia Green Building Rules Revised in Favor of PVC
Premier Wu Promises to Popularize Intelligent Green Buildings in Taiwan
Female Plumbers Change Trade’s Image in UK
How Can We Prevent the Next Big Earthquake in Haiti?
Abu Dhabi Issues Waterfront Design Rules
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
Northern Territory Master Builders Association: "No Justification" for Tougher Australian Cyclone Codes
Fire Safety in Focus at Island Glass (Bermuda) Seminar
Haitian Disaster Has Renewed Interest in a National Building Code for Jamaica
China Infrastructure Construction Corporation Signs Technology Agreement with Institute of Building Materials
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