The Washington State Legislature advanced a bill this week that would eliminate the time-consuming "design review" process for new housing projects, which builders say could save months of headaches ...

Last Monday, Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1293 into law. The law imposes new restrictions on cities and counties engaging in design review, such as Seattle. It will significantly reduce design ...

PSU officials have said the building is crucial to attract new students. The university, which began life as a post-World War ...

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After working with the building owner to develop the owner’s project requirements (OPR) document for a project, one of the first activities for a commissioning professional is conducting third-party ...

The Seattle City Council has voted to extend a program aimed to make it easier to build affordable housing projects. The City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to temporarily exempt affordable ...

Senior Associate Tony Perez of Berkeley-based Opticos Design Inc., which was hired to prepare the standards, says creating objective design standards for Santa Barbara was easy because of all the ...

Last month’s column walked through the scenario of what might happen if the commissioning professional is not engaged until very late in the construction phase. This is a challenge on many fronts, but ...

In hopes of streamlining the approval process for proposed projects while maintaining high development standards, the Laguna Beach City Council last week approved an amendment to the city’s zoning ...