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The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) adopted a new rule with new accessibility guidelines for federal buildings. The rule establishes that pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way are readily accessible to and usable by people with disabilities.
New York’s Building Code Council is set to include the All-Electric Buildings Act in its 2025 code update. The Act would ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in new buildings.
After a court struck down a first-in-the-nation ban on gas hookups in new buildings last year, voters in Berkeley, Calif., will have their say in November on a measure to tax large buildings that use natural gas.
Seattle’s mayor recently proposed that the city scale back a scheduled revamping of its building energy code to help boost housing production. The proposal would halt an update to the city’s multifamily and commercial building energy code that is scheduled to take effect later this year.
Benchmarks impacts of seven PVC pipe products across their life cycles.
The standard will aid engineers in configuring cooling systems in office buildings.
The documents are the first of their kind to be coauthored by designers and builders.
Nepal’s code author says destruction was ‘inevitable.’
New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Boston among cities grappling with height regulations.
Anti-prevailing wage bills that apply to state-funded construction projects have been passed in West Virginia and Nevada. Similar laws could be passed in Indiana and Illinois.
The agency says the rule will protect about 800 workers a year from serious injury.
The legislation would have made it harder for condo owners to sue builders.
The voluntary program for commercial and government buildings is modeled after Energy Star.
The aim is for states to do a better job planning for natural disasters they are likely to face in a warming world.
