Hawaiians can act as their own general contractor without any license under current law. But that may change this year.
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Bills under consideration by the North Carolina legislature could dramatically alter local enforcement of codes and zoning.
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Three years in the Federal pen: that’s the sentence for cooking the books in insurance restoration work.
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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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The New Energy Efficient Home Tax Credit was extended to the end of 2013.
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Heat-reflecting asphalt can be as much as 40° cooler.
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California builders are reportedly pleased with the newest version of the state’s building code.
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Equipped with wrenches and torches, thieves got away with a whole building in Baker, Minnesota.
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Can a town use zoning rules to require the use of wildfire-resistant roofing material? That’s the question at the heart of a lawsuit in Helena, Montana.
Lancaster, California Mayor Rex Parris wants to require solar panels on every new house in town — and he says he’s got the City Council votes to do it.
People like blue cheese. Why not blue-stained beetle-killed wood?
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Ever fight a traffic ticket? Delaware mason contractor Donald Goldsborough is taking his ticket to the state Supreme Court.
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Will summer's housing market be blue flame hot? Some say yes.
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An Ohio builder faces ten years in jail if convicted on charges he hired men to beat a neighbor who sued him over rights to a pleasant view.
Should building codes address tidal waves like the wave that devastated coastal Japan? Some engineers are working on it.
It’s early yet, but signs of a tight labor market are already starting to show.
New legislation to curb "storm chasers" could make life more difficult for legitimate roofing contractors
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A revised version of Subpart M could increase the maximum height at which workers can forego fall protection