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The city Code Appeals Board recently waived sprinkler requirements for three mixed-use buildings, provided owners install “interconnected” fire and smoke de

By Ethan Duran eduran@dailyreporter.com The Wisconsin Court of Appeals heard arguments from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin and the City of Madison over the city's ordinance requiring bird-safe glass markings on certain buildings and structures. A Dane County judge ruled to uphold the ordinance in August of 2022. (Staff photo by Ethan Duran.)

Attorneys for ABC of Wisconsin and Madison spoke in front of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in a case over a bird-safe glass ordinance for the city's glass building surfaces.

Knowing testing protocols can help us understand how to better provide protection in areas that need to address multiple types of life safety threats.

Dublin, April 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Cross Laminated Timber Market by Type (Adhesive Bonded, and Mechanically Fastened), Industry...

With a hawkish Federal Reserve pushing higher interest rates to fight inflation, the design market could be a canary in a coal mine for what some economists say will be a “mild” recession later this year.

TECNALIA's Fire Safety laboratory is the only European laboratory accredited to carry out this test.

The Honolulu City Council is expected to consider Bill 21, introduced by Council member Tyler Dos-Santos Tam earlier this year, which is intended to provide flexibility for certain ventilation and lighting requirements related to local, state and international building codes.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – With Jamaica being susceptible to natural disasters such as earthquakes, persons within the construction industry are being urged to ensure that proper engineering analysis is done...

I am engaged in a dispute with my condo association.  We have curtain walls in our unit.  They do not claim that they are not curtain walls.  But they are claiming that they are also windows because they are made of glass. Unit owners are responsible for windows.  Unit owners are not...