Moving Toward Greater Resiliency

From ENR:

"A wide range of design and construction industry groups are joining forces to push for stronger building codes and standards to better withstand the effects of climate change.

The organizations—including the American Institute of Architects, the Laborers' International Union of North America, the U.S. Green Building Council, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Institute for Building Sciences—met at the White House on May 10 to highlight the progress and future plans for incorporating resilience and the future impacts of climate change in developing codes and standards.

Senior officials from the White House, the U.S. Army, the Dept. of State, and the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development joined mayors, scientists and industry leaders on panels discussing opportunities for, and challenges to, institutionalizing resilience in buildings and infrastructure across the country."