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Two stories recently appearing in ProPublica spotlight widespread campaigns by the homebuilding industry that successfully eliminated or prevented requirements for home fire sprinklers.
Work at a handful of construction sites in Minneapolis and the west metro have slowed after tests show the wood is not fire compliant.
OSB prices slipped further in February adding to January’s decline. Prices are down 4.5% since December.
A Bismarck man is accused of breaking into a business from which he had been fired the day prior and stealing a computer.
IAFF cites new lightweight construction methods and the home fire sprinkler requirement as reasons the fire service needs to get involved
Due to the increased danger lightweight construction poses to firefighters the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) supports the need of fire sprinklers in new homes.
The Fire Sprinkler Initiative, a project of NFPA, has created a presentation highlighting the dangers of lightweight construction and the corresponding benefits of home fire sprinklers.
SBCA's Lumber in Components Council will be hosting another landmark Lumber Summit early in 2013.
We sincerely encourage all SBCA CM Members to read this article on SPIB's Supplement #9, which contains an in-depth analysis of a series of next steps that all members should consider implementing that are intended to provide a best practices roadmap.
Roof trusses collapsed Saturday at a partially rebuilt Mobil gas station in Liberty, seriously injuring the property's owner and leaving a worker trapped for more than an hour, police said.