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Southern Pine Inspection Bureau publishes new design values effective June 1

BD+C

13 to the 2002 Standard Grading Rules for Southern Pine Lumber on Feb. New design values, effective June 1, apply only to new construction; the integrity of existing structures designed and built using design values meeting applicable building codes at the time of permitting does not change. read more.

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IgCC will now be Powered by ASHRAE 189.1

Green Building Law Update

But many commentators suggest the real problem can be traced to March 18, 2002, when the City of Normal, Illinois enacted the first law mandating that all new buildings within a business development district be required to achieve LEED certification. But the announcement last Friday means there will be a 2018 version of the IgCC (.

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IgCC will now be Powered by ASHRAE 189.1

Green Building Law Update

But many commentators suggest the real problem can be traced to March 18, 2002, when the City of Normal, Illinois enacted the first law mandating that all new buildings within a business development district be required to achieve LEED certification. But the announcement last Friday means there will be a 2018 version of the IgCC (.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Senate Bill 546 (passed) makes changes to nutrient management plan compliance, enforcement, and reporting; concentrated animal feeding operation permitting and fees; and water quality monitoring in tributaries located on the lower Eastern Shore. Wetlands Permits and Licenses. Stormwater and Flood Management. Surface Mining.

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#68:? Energy Code Compliance

NH Construction Law

RSA 155-D, first enacted in 1979 before the international building codes came into prominence, has largely been redundant since New Hampshire’s adoption of the International Energy Conservation Code as part of its state building code ( RSA 155-A ) in 2002. HB 1472 was intended to clean up that redundancy. Section 103.1

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#112:  Owners' Implied Warranty Rights Against Subcontractors

NH Construction Law

2002) (holding that because a property owner has recourse against the general contractor with whom he contracted, “there is no compelling public policy reason to impose an implied warranty against a subcontractor”); Minton v. Rahme , 78 S.W.3d 3d 552, 563 (Tex. Telge , 139 N.H.

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Saving Backward

Revit OpEd

Revit does permit exporting data to other formats to permit it being referenced in some way by other tools but it remains impractical to expect casual backward and forward file translation. That''s never changed even when Autodesk purchased Revit Technology Corporation in 2002. Using the latest version was expected, required.

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