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Wisconsin DSPS secretary wants to ease restrictions on mass timber construction
Announces support to building code changes allowing for taller structures without needing variances
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The head of the state agency charged with licensing professionals and enforcing commercial building codes wants to make it easier for mass timber buildings to rise in Wisconsin. Department of Safety and Professional Services Secretary-designee…
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The head of the state agency charged with licensing professionals and enforcing commercial building codes wants to make it easier for mass timber buildings to rise in Wisconsin.Department of Safety and Professional Services Secretary-designee Dawn Crim announced support for an ongoing update to the state building code to make it easier to build using the mass timber building method.This includes allowing mass timber structures of up to 18 stories tall to be built without requiring variances, sai
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COVID-19 Response, Plan Review Process Improvements, PDMP Accolades Among Year-End Highlights for Department of Safety and Professional Services
MADISON, Wis. – Despite the challenges that 2020 presented, the Department of Safety and Professional Services concludes a second successful year under the leadership of Secretary-designee
Dawn Crim. For most of the year, DSPS supported the state’s pandemic response while maintaining services and improving certain operations. The agency served a critical role in preparing the health care system for the unique demands of COVID-19 and took important steps to keep the construction industry on track and state credential holders at work.
MADISON, Wis. – The Department of Safety and Professional Services has established an auctioneer reciprocity agreement with Ohio. Under the new agreement, Wisconsin auctioneers who pursue licensure through reciprocity will be able to handle live auctions in Ohio. This is the first new reciprocity agreement for Wisconsin auctioneers in twenty years, and Ohio is just the seventh state to recognize reciprocity for Wisconsin.
The agreement, signed by
DSPS Secretary-designee
Dawn Crim in October, makes it easier for auctioneers credentialed in one state to obtain licensure in the other. Without reciprocity, Wisconsin auctioneers interested in overseeing or consulting on auctions in Ohio would need to apply for a one-time auction license for a single event or, for full licensure, would need to go through the initial licensure steps. These include submitting proof of attendance at an approved auction school, a year of apprenticeship, experience bid calling at 12 auctions, and p