President Joe Biden aims to retrofit four million buildings and two million homes during his first term. The White House says the administration’s new Building…
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States Suffer, Building Codes Questioned in Wake of Deadly Tornadoes
Several states across the Midwest and the South are recovering after deadly tornadoes ravaged parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee on December…
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Infrastructure Bill Provides Funding for State and Local Building Energy Codes
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021, by President Joe Biden, includes an appropriation of $550 million in Energy Efficiency and Conservation…
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Biden Mandates COVID Vaccines for Federal Employees, Contractors
President Joe Biden issued an executive order mandating that federal government workers, contractors and employees of contractors who do business with the federal government receive…
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Associations Press for Interventions Over Lumber Prices at the Highest Levels
The costs for building materials remains a red-hot issue for suppliers and construction firms, as representative associations plea with government officials to investigate and take…
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President Proclaims May National Building Safety Month
President Joe Biden issued a proclamation last week, making May 2021 National Building Safety Month, to “recognize the importance of strengthening our buildings and infrastructure…
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Amid a Renewed Focus on Climate, Companies Say the Earth is Worth More Than a Day’s Celebration
More than 50 years ago today, 20 million Americans took to the streets, across college campuses and hundreds of cities, “to protest environmental ignorance and…
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American Jobs Plan Calls for $213 billion in Building and Retrofitting
With an eye on U.S. infrastructure, environmental protection and competition with China, President Joe Biden debuted the American Jobs Plan in recent weeks, calling on…
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Democrats Aim to Raise Minimum Wage to $15/hr.
With Joe Biden sworn in as the nation’s 46th president, the new administration comes with an agenda for providing ongoing aid to Americans—including increases to…