Articles Tagged with ''building codes''

There is a lot of confusion in the field over area-separation firewalls and utility placement. I know that the GA has a position statement that clarifies criteria for the placement of utilities in the flanking walls on either side of a two-hour, steel H-stud, gypsum shaftliner panel area-separation wall.

The industry and our customers regularly submit questions to the company. In order to address these inquiries, Simon Baker, president of Huntsman Building Solutions, wanted to answer as many of these most common questions.

The Department of Energy announced that 19 state and local governments will receive over $240 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to adopt and implement the latest energy-efficient or innovative building codes.

Participants at the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance’s Summer Conference heard about the definitions, measurements, codes and testing standards for several natural disasters though an Intertek-sponsored session, “Natural Disaster Standards and Testing.”

Laminators Incorporated received notice from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations indicating that its application for Florida Product Approval has been approved for the 2023 Florida Building Code.

The American Concrete Institute has released its 2024 collection of concrete codes, specifications and practices.

3A Composites USA announced that its ALUCOBOND FaceFastened system successfully passed third-party NFPA 285 testing on a wood-framed assembly, which is commonly used in low-rise, multifamily and mixed-use market segments.