The Pro Builder

JULY 17, 2024

The National Association of Home Builders recently released its 2024 I-Codes Adoption Kit to help home builders as well as state and local officials in adopting the latest building codes.

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Building Codes 130

The Pro Builder

JUNE 3, 2023

The Inefficiencies of the Latest Energy Code rbinsacca Sat, 06/03/2023 - 06:00 It’s no secret that homes built to contemporary energy codes are considerably more energy efficient than older homes, especially those built before the turn of the century. But the 2021 IECC has yielded some inefficient outcomes.

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Building Code Compliance Energy Conservation Energy Efficiency Building Codes 246

The Pro Builder

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The 45-day public comment period for Draft 3 of the 2024 National Green Building Standard (NGBS) is now open and will close on Nov. The latest draft includes updates to align with newer building codes and introduces new compliance options for existing structures and buildings in tropical climates.

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The Pro Builder

APRIL 18, 2024

The show home features cutting-edge technologies, the latest in building science principles and best practices, and offers a real-world glimpse into the future of residential building to a higher standard. Though it was no easy task, this year’s build followed a proven process that can be applied to any home at any price point.

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Renewable Energy Systems Energy Efficiency Energy Conservation Wall Systems 243

The Pro Builder

AUGUST 21, 2023

Public Comment Period Opens for 2024 National Green Building Standard Update ibush Mon, 08/21/2023 - 06:30 The 45-day public comment period opened Aug. Public Comment Period Opens for 2024 National Green Building Standard Update ibush Mon, 08/21/2023 - 06:30 The 45-day public comment period opened Aug.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 10, 2024

However, these structures must also meet present-day needs, necessitating upgrades aligned with modern technology, building codes, and energy requirements. This included everything from LED lighting mimicking traditional bulbs’ warmth to the geothermal HVAC system installed without altering the building’s facade.

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Historic Preservation Energy Efficiency HVAC System Installation Structural Systems 189

Procore

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Groundbreak is the global construction innovation event of the year – 2024’s edition brought over 4,500 professionals from around the world together in Denver to explore how Procore is connecting construction through technology and people. 

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Schedule Management Risk Management Construction Management Building Automation 69

Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

third from left), receive The Construction Specifier’s 2024 Article of the Year Award at the CSI National Conference in Houston, Texas. Leveraging their expertise in the topic, Habellion and Gaynor delve into the 2022 New York City Building Code, which mandates fireblocking for most exterior wall assemblies and eliminates previous exceptions.

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Building Codes Building Controls Building Materials Construction Management 109

The Pro Builder

MAY 29, 2024

Black Buffalo Hits Print on First Internationally Code Compliant 3D-Printed Home qpurcell Wed, 05/29/2024 - 08:16 Black Buffalo 3D has broken ground in Fort Worth’s Southside community with its pilot LoMa 3D-printed home at 100 W. Black Buffalo 3D-printed home building process.

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Building Code Compliance Building Codes Wall Systems Structural Systems 261

The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

25 Innovative Solutions to the Housing Affordability Crisis qpurcell Wed, 02/28/2024 - 12:32 Nonprofit organization Ivory Innovations has announced the Top 25 Finalists for the 2024 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability. zoning codes; and PermitFlow , a permit software that streamlines and digitizes the permitting process.

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Building Materials Manufacturing Modular Construction Building Permits Building Automation 299

ENR Construction

APRIL 13, 2022

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. A proposal to incorporate the first U.S.

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Building Codes Building Standards Building Design 69

The Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

AI Resource Guide Released for Builders and Contractors qpurcell Wed, 02/14/2024 - 12:47 Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has recently released its artificial intelligence technology guide for the construction community, which includes definitions, use cases, and considerations for builders.

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Building Automation Lean Construction Building Codes Building Optimization 264

The Pro Builder

MARCH 21, 2024

Building Homes with ‘Legos on Steroids’ qpurcell Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:48 A crew leader consults an assembly drawing with color-coded instructions, then calls out a color: blue, red, yellow. Replacing Concrete with Composite Blocks Photo courtesy RENCO USA RENCO’s proprietary building blocks replace concrete, steel, and wood.

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Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Building Materials Manufacturing Building Codes Building Materials 264

Civil + Structural Engineer

MARCH 20, 2024

— Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the introduction of 2024 versions of its Tekla ® software for constructible Building Information Modeling (BIM), structural engineering and steel fabrication management. Collaboration is one of the deciding factors for the success of BIM.

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) Steel Fabrication Schedule Management Property Management 130

Civil + Structural Engineer

MARCH 4, 2024

CLEVELAND, OHIO – MBMA.com: The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) presented Dr. James Fisher with the 2024 Dr. Duane S. Named after MBMA’s original director of research and engineering, this honor is given to a researcher annually for contributions to the advancement of metal building systems.

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Civil + Structural Engineer

MAY 28, 2024

CLEVELAND, OHIO – www.mbma.com: Each year the Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) honors member companies that demonstrate exceptional performance in maintaining workplace safety. These awards are given to Building Systems members as well as Associate members for their performance during the previous calendar year.

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Building Materials Manufacturing Facility Management Building Codes Green Building 260

The Pro Builder

JANUARY 2, 2024

Homes That Are Both Prefab and Predesigned qpurcell Tue, 01/02/2024 - 12:51 Prefabricated panels can lead to more efficient home construction. Their collaboration enables homeowners or builders to select from Hereabout’s list of preexisting, ready-to-use design plans, then build the home using B.PUBLIC’s prefab floor, roof, and wall panels.

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Building Performance Measurement Building Materials Manufacturing Modular Construction Building Codes 264

Contractors Liability Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Environmental and Green Building Standards Boston makes sure you follow green building rules, which might mean getting permits and doing things in an eco-friendly way. Massachusetts likes green ideas, too, but it’s not as strict as Boston when it comes to making buildings energy-efficient.

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Permits Historic Preservation Building Permits Renewable Energy Systems 52

Construction Specifier

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The International Code Council’s ( ICC ’s) 2024 plumbing and mechanical codes have the most significant changes in 25 years. Photo courtesy International Code Council.  These enhancements were developed and implemented based on feedback from print and digital I-Codes users and aim to improve readability.

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Plumbing Systems Building Codes Plumbing Building Performance Measurement 111

The Pro Builder

APRIL 18, 2024

Combining Concrete and Offsite Manufacturing to Create Resilient Homes qpurcell Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:53 Before it could build resilient , high-performing homes across the country, Onx Homes decided it first needed to prove it could do so in a challenging climate. This is not a theory. We have done it,” he says.

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Building Materials Manufacturing Building Resilience Controls Manufacturing Building Materials 264

The Pro Builder

OCTOBER 14, 2024

CertainTeed ONE PRECISION ASSEMBLIES™ (OPA™) By accelerating build times, CertainTeed ONE PRECISION ASSEMBLIES™ (OPA™) helps you complete more homes in less time, for more projects and more profits per year. kcichowicz Mon, 10/14/2024 - 09:56 [link]

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Building Codes Building Controls 130

The Pro Builder

JUNE 11, 2024

Build With Precision. kcichowicz Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:50 CertainTeed ONE PRECISION ASSEMBLIES ™ (OPA ™ ) custom floor, wall, and roof panels are built to spec, code compliant, insulated, and weather tight. With ONE PRECISION ASSEMBLIES, you can build complete homes, from manufacturing to full assembly, in under two weeks.

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Building Codes 130

Construction Superintendent Magazine

MAY 5, 2025

The Softwood Lumber Board has published its 2024 Annual Report, which details the organization’s impact generating more softwood lumber demand by expanding new and emerging markets and protecting existing markets.

Building Codes 52

Building Codes Communication 52

Civil + Structural Engineer

JUNE 10, 2024

The Start of Celebration: Zweig Group’s 2024 Class of Rising Stars An introduction by Kyle Ahern, Employee Experience and Data Strategist, Zweig Group The announcement of Zweig Group’s 2024 class of Rising Stars marks the start of my favorite time of the year—award season.

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Project Management Consulting Public Works Environmental Impact Assessment Project Management 147

Civil + Structural Engineer

JULY 1, 2024

Suite of Codes ACI offers a suite of concrete knowledge through a diverse collection of over a two dozen individual design codes, accessible via print or digital download, and conveniently available online through the ACI Store. Among ACI’s processes, standardization stands out as the most rigorous consensus-building method.

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Building Codes Building Materials Manufacturing Building Standards Masonry 130

Civil + Structural Engineer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Provides Guidance on Selecting and Installing IRVING, Texas – The Plastics Pipe Institute’s Building & Construction Division has published a major revision of PPI TN-55 “Plastic Piping Materials for Ground Source Geothermal Heating and Cooling Applications”. According to Lance MacNevin, P.

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Piping Installation Building Materials Manufacturing Building Codes Building Materials 130

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The International Code Council released a draft of its 2024 International Energy Conservation Code for commercial buildings Sept. 6, with public comment through Oct.

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Energy Conservation Building Codes 69

The Pro Builder

JANUARY 29, 2024

A Homebuilding Factory that Comes to You qpurcell Mon, 01/29/2024 - 10:55 Before he discusses his company, Cuby Technologies , cofounder Aleksandr Gampel first describes its context—the state of the homebuilding industry today. You’re deploying 90% of the build using traditional skilled labor.”

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Modular Construction Building Materials Manufacturing HVAC Systems Plumbing Systems 264

The Pro Builder

APRIL 10, 2024

By creating a statewide off-site construction program based on joint standards created by the International Code Council and the Modular Building Institute, the bill centralizes inspection and plan review of modular projects and helps create a regulatory path for modular home builders.

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Modular Construction Building Codes Site Planning Building Standards 130

BDC Network

JUNE 20, 2024

2024 Timber-Strong Design Build Competition: Small Buildings, Big Educational Opportunities 1 kcichowicz Thu, 06/20/2024 - 12:14 Student-led teams have 90 minutes to erect attractive, durable, engineered wood structures. I also enjoyed cutting the wood and building the structure. One team created a “barndominium.”

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Building Design Building Information Modeling (BIM) Building Codes Prefabrication 98

The Pro Builder

MAY 21, 2024

Georgia Gets Its First Passive House csweeney Tue, 05/21/2024 - 13:38 With just one other PHIUS-certified house in the southeastern US, Georgia is the second state to build to the green, zero-carbon standard Georgia just saw the completion of its first certified passive house. We’re really starting to ramp up in the Southeast.”

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Building Codes Green Building Energy Efficiency Building Resilience 130

The Pro Builder

JANUARY 22, 2024

A Startup Turns Concrete into a Carbon Capture Solution qpurcell Mon, 01/22/2024 - 09:41 Cement and concrete production generates as much as 9% of all human CO2 emissions. Photo courtesy Carbon Limit What happens to the mineralized CO2 if the building gets torn down or the road gets torn up? It’s stable, which is the best part.

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Concrete Pouring Building Materials Manufacturing Building Materials Controls Manufacturing 263

Construction Specifier

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Starting January 1, 2024, New York City building owners must conduct yearly inspections of their parapet walls to address any safety concerns. Unlike the Facade Inspection Safety Program (FISP), which excludes buildings under six stories and follows a five-year inspection cycle, parapet observations must occur annually.

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Inspection Building Codes Safety Regulations Building Optimization 116

The Pro Builder

MAY 7, 2024

EPA Introduces a New Certification: Energy Star NextGen ibush Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:04 The EPA's newest certification aims to boost national energy and emissions savings and act as a catalyst for the construction of new, energy-efficient homes The U.S. Some home builders have already begun building to the NextGen specification.

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Energy Efficiency Building Codes Quality Assurance Building Standards 130

Civil + Structural Engineer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The changes in Supplement 3 will be included in the next edition of AISI S100, which is expected to be published in 2024 and adopted in the 2027 edition of the ICC model building codes. He noted that the Smath Studio software required to access the design examples is free of charge to use.

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Building Codes Change Management Building Design Building Materials 130

Construction Specifier

AUGUST 15, 2023

to set general code standards requiring the reduction of embodied carbon emissions in the design and building process, applicable to both commercial buildings and schools. These statewide changes will be in effect as of July 1, 2024. California has become the first state in the U.S. Photo courtesy Bisgtock.

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Building Code Compliance Building Codes Building Standards Building Materials Manufacturing 98

Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

By Amy Becker Photo courtesy Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) Specifiers and design professionals should always consider seismic performance attributes for buildings in areas that previously have experienced the damaging effects of earthquakes. Building codes are adopted with the intent to preserve life and safety.

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