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Landowners and builders in rural Pennsylvania are voicing concerns about a proposed new environmental rule that could force costly changes in on-site wastewater treatment practices.
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The North Carolina House of Representatives has approved a bill that would prohibit local governments from using zoning ordinances to regulate building-design elements for single-family homes or duplexes
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Mustang, Oklahoma (pop. 17,395) has voted down adoption of the 2009 International Codes after a city council member argued that the codes represent an implementation of a United Nations resolution known as “Agenda 21.”
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A New Mexico court has ruled that the state board setting construction rules can’t overturn a building code without providing a reason.
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North Carolina’s House has voted for a measure that would lengthen the code revision cycle and limit local inspections.
A deck on a Gulf Shores, Alabama, rental property failed suddenly under the weight of students at a spring break party.
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Although birth tourism itself is not illegal, critics charge that the practice has led to the creation of overcrowded and illegal "maternity hotels".
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California builders are reportedly pleased with the newest version of the state’s building code.
Should building codes address tidal waves like the wave that devastated coastal Japan? Some engineers are working on it.
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Builders have until March 15 to figure out OSHA’s new fall protection requirements, according to the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB).
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All “mountain man” Eustace Conway wanted was to continue living his traditional, anachronistic lifestyle in the backwoods of Watauga County unmolested, as he has for the last 26 years. But after receiving an anonymous tip about un-permitted structures, North Carolina building officials had other...
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The delay gives roofers another shot at getting the agency to reconsider its personal fall-arrest requirements.
Prescriptive ignition barriers aren’t the only route to compliance. Spray foam can also be protected with an intumescent coating.
Failure to comply may result in fines, loss of insurance eligibility, and government assistance.
Concerns about spray foam; passive-house rift; deck failures; and more
New code requirement for tornado safe rooms; OSHA postpones alternative fall-protection prohibition; Chinese drywall supplier settles with homeowners
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Sprinkler foes buoyed by Pennsylvania victory; federal court rejects challenge to revised OSHA fall-protection rules; more
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JLC Report (Subscriber content)
Outsourcing paperwork with a PEO; high-school building program faces closure; defective-drywall guide raises eyebrows; more