Codes and Standards

OSHA Updates Criteria for Placement in Severe Violator Enforcement Program

The program focuses on employers who willfully or repeatedly violate federal health and safety laws.

International Code Council Launches Resources for COVID-19 Work Challenges

MFE Podcast: Developing with Tall Mass Timber

MFE Podcast: The Impact of Tall Mass Timber Code Changes

MFE Podcast: Seismic and Fire Safety of Mass Timber Buildings

International Code Council Names New Leadership Team

IKO’s New Cambrige Cool Colors Exceed Title 24 Standards by 25%

Sky-Frame Debuts Impact-Resistant Glass Doors and Windows

New Icynene-Lapolla Open Cell Spray Foam Designed For High-Performance Homes

OSHA Civil Penalties Will Increase in 2019

Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance Updates ISO Compliance Standards for Spray Foam Insulation and Roofing

NLBMDA Reiterates Support for Tall Wood Building Construction

Code Requirements for Outdoor Kitchens: What Your Customers Need to Know

Get Ready for Trouble: 10 Hurricane-Ready Windows, Doors, and Locking Systems

Concrete Interests and Their Supporters Rally to Fight ICC Proposal Permitting Tall Wood Buildings

EPA Reaches $67K Settlement Over Lead-Paint Charges

Trump Tariffs Halt Solar Growth

This Week’s Featured Products from Builder: The Most Popular Construction Software Programs

Note These 5 Topics in Trump’s State of the Union with Implications for LBM

Lumber, Reg Issues Stand Out in NLBMDA’s 2018 Policy Agenda

NIBS Finds Investment in Resilient Design Can Pay Off By More Than Sixfold

When the Deck Being Built Doesn’t Mandate a Railing but Your Client Builds One Anyway, Do They Have to Build it to Code?

Wood vs. Concrete Framing: Multifamily Fires Ignite Debate

Who Is Your Local Code Expert? (Why Not You?)

Why Your Company’s Safety Program Needs to be a Top Priority

From 1930s Plantings, a New Species of Framing Lumber Joins the Market

Feds Order $5m in Fines, Sue Two Firms Over Overtime and Sub Rules

ICC Tentatively Disapproves Controversial Proposal Barring Use of Fire-Retardant Wood in Certain Structures

Want to Up Your Company’s Value? Play by the Rules.

How Can You Fight Federal Regulators? Learn How They Think.

Analysis: Fed Initiatives Could Loosen Your Links with Subs, Tighten Them with Staff

Does the Avalon Fire Merit a Crackdown on Wood-Framed Multifamily Construction?

Lowe’s 2×4 Case Documents Add to Allegations About Undersized Lumber

Future of Online RRP Recertification Still Unclear

WCLBMA: Lowe’s Case Partly Involves Labeling Non-Wood Products as Wood

Home Builders Seek to Influence Fast-Growing ‘Resiliency’ Initiatives

Builders Aim to Enlist Local Code Officials to Influence ICC Changes

California Judge Orders $1.1 Billion Lead-Paint Payment

Keep Warm (or Cool) with New Insulation Products

Increase Comfort by Performing Energy Audits

GSA Chooses LEED and Green Globes

Are Building Codes Revised Too Often?

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One Nation Under LEED

Dealers’ Hill Visits Focus on Lead Rule, Mortgage Interest, Online Stores

This LBM Dealer Turned State Senator Has Political Advice for You

Dealers To Play Defense This Legislative Season

Delay in Southern Pine Design Values Decision Pushes Off Likely Impact Until Next Summer

How Mills, Market Forces Defused the Southern Pine Design Values Bomb

Expanded, Updated Design Values for Southern Pine Proposed

GA Lumberyard Owner Sets Off Firestorm With Anti-Obama Signs

Latest Housewraps Designed To Meet New Codes, Old Concerns

New Data Suggests More Southern Pine Design Value Changes Coming

Top Trends for Green, High-Performance Homes

Tougher Building Codes Lead Builders To Add Smarter, Customizable Ventilation

Insulation Market Growth Tied to Housing’s Rebound, New Codes

Cal-Style Regs Could Be Heading Your Way

Get To Know Blower-Door Tests

Engineered Wood’s Framework for Cost Savings

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