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St. Louis and St. Louis County, Mo., are developing codes to govern renovation work specifically, and they're working together to make sure their two codes are "as similar as possible," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Both are basing their code on the International Code Council's draft of the...
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Shattered homes left in the wake of a Maryland super tornado point out both the strengths and shortcomings of modern building codes.On April 28, some of the residents of La Plata, Md., discovered the answer to that question, when a monstrous Category F4 (to F5) tornado cut a 24-mile swath through...
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For residential applications, steel flooring systems require new tools, attention to fastening, and a detailed plan for mechanicals. Steel floors are covered in the new International Residential Code (IRC) and currently cost about 3 percent or 4 percent less than dimensional wood floors. Screws...
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As building codes in coastal areas target windows, manufacturers beef up products with impact-resistant glass and structures.The hurricane, which trampled the Bahamas, southern Florida, and south-central Louisiana in August 1992 caused an estimated $25 billion in damages -- the most expensive...
In 1988 the New England economy started its free fall. Necessity bred invention. We took on any kind of work, including our first commercial jobs. We broke into commercial with small projects, like $20,000 office remodels for clients we already knew.
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Otherwise, each employee will describe what they were doing differently and the data will be difficult to input and analyze. Employees are more likely to cooperate if they have input into the estimating process, followed up by regular summary reports that show how actual performance compares to...
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The International Code Council member organizations -- BOCA, ICBO, and SBCCI -- are working to develop a merger plan to present for a vote at their Joint Conference in the fall of 2002. "We can only proceed at a pace that will result in the strongest possible single organization," says Jon S. Traw...
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ICBO Evaluation Service has introduced its ES Mark, a seal that signifies a product's compliance with major U.S. building codes.ICBO ES grants manufacturers the right to put the seal on a product after the organization has evaluated it and documented its compliance in an ES Report. The reports are...