The Southern States Energy Board (SSEB), a group comprised of governors and state lawmakers, was considering a resolution to recommend adoption of the 2012 IECC (energy code) and any subsequent updates.
By using innovative (and less expensive) materials in the construction of a new complex, AvalonBay was able to keep construction costs down, which, it says, will translate directly into lower rents.
SBCA is in the process of analyzing the proposed design values and will provide updated span tables and substitution charts comparing the old (Pre-June 2012) SP values to the new, preliminary (Fall 2012) values.
The SPIB Board of Governor's met on August 30, 2012, there the complete visually graded dimension design value matrix with Dense, Unclassified, and Non-Dense values was approved and forwarded to the ALSC Board of Review.
University unveils the nation’s most powerful hurricane simulator, a "Wall of Wind’’ that can hit Category 5 wind speed and put building materials to the worst-case test