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Schoolhouses, train depots and a 2,000-year-old earthwork make an advocacy group’s annual list for the most endangered historic sites in Ohio. Preservation Ohio announced Thursday 13 properties that face risk of demolition, dilapidation or “uncertain futures,”...
House Committee Approves School Door Barricade Bill (HB114)
The Ohio House State Government Committee approved HB 114 May 20 after the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police endorsed the bill. The bill requires the Board of Building Standards to adopt rules for the use of a barricade device on a school door in an emergency...
Construction, Engineering Groups Support Bill Banning Residency Requirements
Representatives from six stakeholder groups spoke Tuesday in support of a bill that would ban residency requirements for construction and engineering projects. Others submitted written testimony before the House Commerce and Labor Committee relaying opposition to the...
AIA Ohio 2015 Design Awards Call for Entries
The 2015 AIA Ohio Design Awards Call for Entries has been released and you are invited to participate in this time honored program of recognizing quality projects designed by Ohio Architects. This program will promote and focus on quality design, sustainability...
BWC Approves Flexible Payment Plans
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors on April 24 approved a plan to allow private employers to pay for their annual workers’ compensation premiums in two, four, six or 12 installments as part of its move to a new prospective billing...
Controlling Board to Hear $100 Million School Projects Request
An Ohio commission will ask the Controlling Board on Monday for release of $100 million from lottery profits to finance more than 30 school district projects. The Ohio School Facilities Commission (SFC) is asking for approval of $100 million from a larger $350 million...
Strips Most Kasich Tax Proposals from Budget Bill
House Approves 6.3% Income Tax Cut After weeks of studying the sweeping proposals from Gov. John Kasich in his executive budget for FY16-17, House Republicans unveiled their version Tuesday that largely strips out the proposed sales tax expansion to consultants and...
Personal and Business Income Tax Cuts Still in Play: House House Set To Strip Kasich Tax Plan From Budget
Personal and Business Income Tax Cuts Still in PlayHouse Republicans as expected will delete nearly all of Gov. John Kasich's ambitious tax overhaul from the biennial budget when the chamber unveils its first rewrite of the $72.3 billion spending plan. The...
Ohio Marks 200 Schools with LEED Certification
Ohio's school construction program has reached the 200 mark for facilities earning certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, program. The Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) said Wednesday that...
AIA Ohio Testifies For “Good Samaritan Bill”
On March 26 AIA Ohio Immediate Past President, Elizabeth Corbin Murphy, FAIA asked members of the Senate Civil Justice Committee to pass HB17 which would provide civil immunity for architects, contractors, engineers, surveyors, and tradespersons...