Published: May 15, 2013
Tags: ABC, AIA, Amcon Design and Construction, American Institute of Architects, Art Dahlberg, building code, commercial building, commercial building code, DNS, international building code, John Mielke, Terry Moulton
Advocates of a uniform code for commercial buildings are developing a compromise they concede would remove much of the uniformity from their proposal.
Published: May 3, 2012
Tags: Ben Kossow, Dan Kilbert, Eppstein Uhen Architects Inc., Graef USA Inc., international building code, Pleasant Prairie, Riley Construction Co. Inc., Ring & DuChateau Inc., St. Catherine's Medical Center, United Hospital System Inc., Welman Architects Inc.
St. Catherine’s Medical Center’s three-story vertical expansion not only made the building taller, it made it stronger.
Published: February 8, 2011
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors, Bob DuPont, building code, Burazin, Department of Commerce, Hozeny, international building code, international code, J.P. Cullen & Sons, Madison Fire Department, Rocole, Ruckriegel
By Marie Rohde Wisconsin is on the verge of adopting the 2009 international building code, leaving some to wonder why the state took so long to embrace the construction standards. “It is way wrong that we have not adopted the 2009 building code,” said Ed Ruckriegel, fire marshal with the Madison Fire Department and a [...]