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Building collapse prompts legislation to beef up demolition regulations in Philadelphia

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Philadelphia City Council will introduce legislation next month to strengthen the regulation of building demolition practices. Regulations Codes and Standards' The action was spurred by a June 5 building collapse at 22d and Market Streets that killed six people and injured 14.

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Philadelphia to enforce building energy benchmarking in October

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The City of Philadelphia has begun to send out compliance notices regarding its Building Energy Benchmarking Law. Regulations Codes and Standards' Enforcement is expected to begin in October. The benchmarking law is designed to reduce citywide building energy use by 10% in 2015.

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Philadelphia City Council mulling bill requiring ID cards for construction workers

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The Philadelphia City Council has held a series of hearings on a bill aimed at boosting the city''s safety regulations in the wake of a deadly building collapse earlier this year. Legislation Codes and Standards'

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Philadelphia councilmen move to crack down on contractors working without licenses, permits

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Two Philadelphia city councilmen are trying to crack down on the "underground economy" of developers and contractors who work without licenses and permits, pay cash under the table, and operate unsafe job sites. The councilmen introduced a bill to beef up construction regulations. million and $7.4 read more.

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Philadelphia City Council mulling bill to require construction workers to get ID cards

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The Philadelphia City Council has held a series of hearings on a bill aimed at boosting the city''s safety regulations in the wake of a deadly building collapse earlier this year. Legislation Codes and Standards'

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Is the Housing Market Running Out of Fuel?

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The Philadelphia Inquirer says home builders may naturally begin focusing on higher end real estate for wealthy buyers, as they’re the only ones able to afford homes at this point. The trouble for builders is that vacant land takes about two years to be developed, a process slowed by local government regulations. Lumber spike.

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Cambridge, Mass., is latest locale to require energy usage disclosure

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cities—Austin, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.—along Regulations Codes and Standards' The City Council of Cambridge, Mass., Nine other U.S. along with two states and one county have enacted similar laws.