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In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to make public buildings accessible for the disabled, the Supreme Court directed the Centre for Disability Studies, NALSAR University of Law to make a...

Engineering wing to put up firefighting system worth Rs 9.07 cr for discussion before General House today

Tata Chemicals Limited , Mambattu Plant, was awarded the Gold rating for the second time in a row under the...

SURIGAO del Sur 1st District Rep. Romeo Momo Sr. said a review of the National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) is long overdue citing the recent damage to infrastructure caused by the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Sarangani. Initial reports showed several houses and infrastructures in the province were left in…

CitizenWatch Philippines on Thursday affirmed its support for the passage of two House bills proposing the amendment of the “archaic” National Building Code. Christopher Belmonte, co-convenor of the consumer advocacy group said House Bills 900 and 8534 filed by Reps. Christian Yap and Jose Sarte Salceda, respectively, would boost the…

To close out this year’s list of rabble rousers to watch, we want to highlight the Accessible Housing Network.

THE Supreme Court (SC) has reinstated the ruling issued by a Manila trial court which affirmed the constitutionality of a provision in the revised implementing rules and regulations (RIRR) of the National Building Code (NBC) limiting to registered and licensed architects the authority of preparing, signing and sealing documents enumerated…

Dear PAO,

As firemen had to wait till owner came to unlock door, dept says ‘door openers’ will be made mandatory in all high-rises

The alacrity with which India and China have reacted to the earthquake in Nepal demonstrates that humanitarian responses need not be divested of strategic impulses