In Iowa, CM at-risk would be allowed on all vertical construction but universities could not use DB project delivery, under state legislation passed by both houses.
Investigators said fire was abetted by the lack of fire-rated materials in the structure, part of a $100-million development in Camarillo set to open later this year.
Agreement with at least 35 large residential developers will cover cost of fire protection measures in unsafe buildings more than 11 m tall on which they worked over the last 30 years.
A proposal to incorporate the first U.S. guidance on tornado-resistant design into the model 2024 International Building Code passed the International Code Council’s structural committee by a vote of 14-0.
U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report concludes that greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 to hit goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, or 2.7°F.