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Both the Ohio House and Senate have passed companion bills designed to wipe out rules in Cleveland, Akron and elsewhere requiring that a certain amount of local workers be hired for publicly funded design and construction projects. The Ohio House passed a ban 61-31 on...
House Committee Hears Architect Board’s CE Bill (HB243)
The Ohio House State Government Committee took testimony June 25 with regard to HB243, an AIA Ohio supported bill to make changes governing the architects board and the landscape architects board regarding continuing education requirements. Rep....
Prohibiting Resident Quotas for Contractors and Design Professionals (SB152)
The Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee June 25 approved SB 152, which would prohibit a public authority from requiring a contractor to employ a certain number or percentage of laborers from the public authority's defined geographic area...
Ohio House Passes School Door Barricade Bill (HB114)
The Ohio House of Representatives has passed HB 114 which would require the Board of Building Standards to adopt rules for the use of a barricade device on a school door in an emergency situation and prohibit the State Fire Code from prohibiting the use of the device...
Budget Amendment Blocks Local Hiring Quotas For Public Construction
Hours after construction contractors denounced local hiring quotas as "discrimination" on public infrastructure projects, the Senate amended the biennial budget to block the residency requirements. The amendment the Senate Finance Committee tacked on to the two-year...
EDGE Proposed Rules
Dear Stakeholder: You are receiving this message pursuant to the requirements of EO 2011-01K and Senate Bill 2 of the 129th General Assembly, which requires state agencies, including the Department of Administrative Services, to draft rules in collaboration with...
Architect’s Board Seeks Increased CE Flexibility (HB 243)
The Ohio Architect's Board is seeking increased CE flexibility via HB 243, which was introduced June 8 by Rep. Tim Schaffer with the support of AIA Ohio. The bill would modify continuing education requirements for both architects and landscape architects....
Senate Budget Bill Keeps Personal and Business Income Tax Reductions
The Senate Republican Caucus Monday released highlights of their FY16-17 budget proposal, HB64 (R. Smith), but details are still to come as the actual bill will be unveiled Tuesday in the full Senate Finance Committee and/or as negotiations continue -- both now and...
Former Chardon Superintendent Leery of Door Barricades
The local school administrator in charge during a high school shooting that left three students dead says door-security barricades give him “anxiety.” Former Chardon School District Superintendent Joe Bergant told members of the Ohio Board of Buildings Standards (BBS)...
OFCC Announces Construction Conferences
The Ohio Facilities Construction Commission (OFCC) has announced final plans for its annual construction conferences. The one-day events, conducted on four separate days at regional locations around the state, bring together the entire construction community,...