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State Building Code Council elects Daimon Doyle council chair

OLYMPIA… The Washington State Building Code Council elected Olympia Master Builders (OMB) member and BIAW past president Daimon Doyle council…

Pointing to strained energy grid, PSE tells people to limit energy use while pushing bill to ban natural gas

Pointing to Washington’s strained energy grid, Puget Sound Energy and others urged families to limit their energy consumption during this…

SBCC continues assault on energy security

New rules ignore hundreds of pleas and federal law OLYMPIA…The Washington State Building Code Council (SBCC) today moved forward with…

Fight for common sense in the latest building code updates by Nov. 22

Time is running out to fight for common sense in the latest building code updates.  BIAW members have been urging…

Remodelers: Don’t get fined for violating these easily misconceived electrical rules

What can you do and what can you not do when it comes to working around electrical during remodeling projects?…

New natural gas restrictions approved, implementation delayed to March 15, 2024

At a meeting in Spokane that ended late on Sept. 15, the State Building Code Council (SBCC) approved new natural…