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State Building Codes severely restrict, but still allow natural gas in limited situations

Washington’s newly adopted building codes severely restrict but still allow natural gas in limited situations in new residential construction. Approved…

L&I proposes new permanent rules for outdoor heat exposure

The Department of Labor and Industries has proposed troubling new permanent rules for outdoor heat exposure. BIAW members work hard…

WAVE scholarship review team members needed

Join the WAVE Scholarship Review team! This year 251 people applied for the Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE) scholarship, which…

Meet three women leading the way in 2023

March isn’t just Women’s History Month. The 25th annual Women in Construction Week also takes place March 5-11. It is…

Blazing trails for women in building

As the nation recognizes March as Women’s History Month, Professional Women in Building (PWB) councils in Washington and across the…

2023 BIAW Secretary focuses on community and connection

In 2017, after spending more than a decade as a health insurance consultant for another company, Nicole Ahola decided that…