Because a Type IV building is more robust and thus more fire resistive — strategically — than a leaner Type III building, they are listed out of order numerically. The August 2009 installment ...

What type of construction? You may be surprised. An important feature of a pre-incident plan is the classification of building construction. Classifying the type of building should be simple, quick ...

ASTM International Standard E 2516 Classification for Cost Estimate Classification System provides a logical, consistent and objective methodology for the classification of cost estimates for a ...

...absolutely no deaths due to wind tunnel testing problems." Recommendation 3. NIST recommends that an appropriate criterion should be developed and implemented to enhance the performance of tall ...

Minnesota’s new contractor rules survived a major legal challenge, leaving HR teams in construction facing stricter standards and bigger risks for worker misclassification. On October 24, 2025, the ...

Federally funded building projects are subject to Davis-Bacon and Related Acts regulations, which establish prevailing wages for construction positions, and the Copeland Act, which requires weekly pay ...

In 2010, the Pennsylvania Legislature enacted the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (CWMA), which, in part, attempted to clarify who is and is not an independent contractor (in the ...