ALTHOUGH Pakistan contributes minimally to GHG emissions, its extreme climate vulnerability threatens its economy and food, water and energy security. Pakistan’s construction industry is exacerbating ...

NEW DELHI: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Tuesday said it has released 'model building regulations' which are simple and user-friendly, paving the way for their uniform adoption across the ...

This article was originally published in BIV Magazine's Climate Change issue. In December 2017 the B.C. government introduced the ambitious BC Energy Step Code, a building code with five steps towards ...

The International Code Council (ICC) and the Oman Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning (MoHUP) recently concluded a pivotal series of workshops aimed at refining the draft Oman Building Code. Held ...

IN the wake of the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that devastated the Mandalay region in Myanmar, and parts of Thailand, legislators want to revisit the National Building Code with the end of imposing ...

Toon Dreessen is president of Architects DCA. He is a past president of the Ontario Association of Architects. Building codes represent a jurisdiction’s minimum standard for safe structures, and were ...

Note: This is the seventh update in our series covering AB 130 and SB 131, two bills that work substantive changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and California housing law. Click ...

MANILA, Philippines — The September 30 earthquake that hit Cebu and neighboring provinces should prompt Congress to immediately tackle his proposal for a new building code, a lawmaker said. In a ...

HAZMIEH, Lebanon: Lebanon needs to refocus on building safety, the Safe Building Alliance International warned Monday, criticizing the lack of progress made in the country since dozens of people were ...

Aug. 28—Larkspur has passed new building standards to help reduce fossil fuel-related emissions. The City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 20 to adopt two ordinances to increase building ...