Articles Tagged with ''legislation''

The American Institute of Architects and more than 400 of its architect members will converge on Capitol Hill today to advocate for pressing legislation that will significantly impact the architecture profession and community needs.

Associated Builders and Contractors celebrated a Feb. 7 decision by the U.S. Department of Defense, released to the public, that will restore merit-based competition for taxpayer-funded construction projects procured by military agencies.

The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) announced the appointment of Anne Law as Senior Vice President of Professional and Government Affairs.

Next month, the roofing industry will show up with one voice to call on Congress to talk to them about issues of interest to the industry. This year, the event runs from April 16-17 at the Grand Hyatt Washington.

ACMA's Composites 2024 Fly-In took place from February 26th through the 28th, bringing together over 60 members from the entire composites value chain to learn, network, and advocate to Congress and the Administration on the benefits of composites in industries across the nation.

The National Institute of Building Sciences has added four new members to the board of directors.

More than 400 architects are attending meetings with Congress for AIA’s 2023 Lobby Day.

The American Institute of Architects commends the Biden Administration for developing the first-ever Federal Building Performance Standard, setting an ambitious goal to cut energy use and electrify equipment and appliances in 30 percent of the building space owned by the Federal government by 2030.

The American Institute of Architects is applauding Congressional passage of the Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022, a bipartisan bill focused on resilience and equity by improving climate and natural hazard resilience among vulnerable communities.

If PVC is categorized as hazardous waste, the EPA would have to develop a comprehensive framework to ensure its treatment, storage and disposal. This would likely be very costly, burdensome and particularly hit small businesses hard.