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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarBill to Permit Park Districts to create Building Departments Gets Hearing
The Senate State and Local Government and Veteran Affairs Committee took testimony Tuesday on SB 151 which would authorize a park district's board of park commissioners to create a building department for building code enforcement purposes. Interim Executive Director...
Events & Calendar
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Who Sets and Implements AIA-Ohio Legislative Priorities
AIA-Ohio Legislative Priorities: Who Sets & Who Implements Them?Not so long ago Ohio architects suffered from “cradle-to-grave” liability and were selected by competitive bidding. Today, thanks to AIA-Ohio’s dynamic government relations programs, an Architect’s...
New Law Puts Crimp on Cities’ Use of Reverse Internet Auctions
New Law Puts Crimp on Cities' Use of Reverse Internet Auctions The Columbus Dispatch reports that a budget stipulation that takes effect Thursday says that local governments can't use reverse Internet auctions to bid out construction work....
No Change in Minimum Wage
Ohio’s minimum wage will not go up in 2010 as an indirect result of the stagnant economy, the Department of Commerce reported Thursday. Under the constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2006, the minimum wage is tied to annual increases in the Consumer Price...
Governor Ted Strickland has named August L. Fluker Jr., AIA, LEED AP to serve on the Ohio Architects
Governor Ted Strickland has named August L. Fluker Jr., AIA, LEED AP to serve on the Ohio Architects Board. Mr. Fluker will serve a five-year term on the Board. He is an Architect and Principal with City Architecture, Inc., Cleveland. He has previously worked at...
Licking County Considers Outsourcing Building Department
Licking County Considers Outsourcing Building Department Licking County officials who have been working to create a building-code department now are thinking about farming out the work to a private company. Commissioner Doug Smith said officials began to consider...
Murray Replaces Shoemaker at OSFC
Governor Strickland recommended labor-management liaison, Richard Murray, as the replacement for former Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) Director Michael Shoemaker and the OSFC accepted the recommendation Thursday on a 3-0 vote. Since 1996, Murray has led the...
SAO College Deadline Reminder
SAO College 2009 will take place this month in three cities: Sept. 10 at Cleveland State University, Sept. 17 at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College and Sept. 24 at Columbus State Community College. The deadline for registering for the Cleveland session...
OSFC Names Bode Interim Director
The Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) Monday named its chief financial officer (CFO), Eric Bode, interim director through Thursday, Aug. 27 when a permanent director will be named, OSFC spokesman Rick Savors told Hannah News. That is the next regularly...