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Michael Kimmelman again asks: 'Should New York regulate its skyline?'

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“It’s time to rethink our assumptions,” preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos tells him, before adding his opinion that regulations would “guarantee a collective experience, a sense of shared identity and civic meaning, which can bind New Yorkers across generations and centuries.”

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A company that peer reviews drawing sets is hiring regulation-savvy architects

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The successful candidate will work with CHECKSET’s team in reviewing drawing sets and specifications sent to the company from their customers, namely developers, architects, and construction managers. Such changes, or campaigns.

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ADU construction is now outpacing single-family developments in Seattle

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The city granted permits to 988 units last year, and more than 650 were built — not all projects are built during the year they get permitted — outpacing the construction of single houses for the first time As the Seattle Times reports, a change in regulations in 2019 led to the ADU boom locally.

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2021 showed the power of policy, codes, and regulations in the United States and around the world

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For reasons both tragic and optimistic, 2021 was a year where regulations and policy were never far from the media spotlight. To further explore this point, we have set out the key developments and stories throughout 2021 which showed the power of policy, codes, and regulations in architecture — be it at a fe.

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The UK's new Part O regulations are being implemented at the right time

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New regulations, called Part O, took effect in England in June, requiring that new homes are built with some measures to combat overheating. The regulations aim to reduce solar gain — the increase in room temperature caused by sunlight — ensuring the safety of occupants, even if it may remain uncomfortable.

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Nearly 1 in 4 workplace deaths in New York occur in construction

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Construction work in New York — city and statewide — remains the most deadly profession in the country. The NYCOSH has called on lawmakers to expand regulations that hold contractors liable for endangering workers. A total of 41 laborers died on the job in New York state in 2020, a decrease from 2019.

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LA Mayor Karen Bass announces first round of reforms aimed at expediting the construction of affordable housing

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New Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass is wasting no time dismantling the regulatory process that’s long been held up as the source and exacerbator of the city’s intertwined homelessness and affordable housing crises.