Many big cities in recent years have sought to use their powers over zoning, building-code enforcement and long-term urban planning to leverage disasters into opportunities for the fundamental redefinition of neighborhoods. ❋ Douglas Belkin (2011)
Mr. Molinelli said most of the spas had been closed as a result of health- and building-code violations. ❋ Chris Herring (2011)
She also recommends buying building-code upgrade coverage, which ensures that if the codes have changed and you need to rebuild, the insurance company pays for the increased costs. ❋ Amy Hoak (2011)
In their pad—surrounded by maps of the ancient lagoon, Mac computers, essays by Le Corbusier and building-code books, the two partners are busily working on a plan to turn the quiet island into an albergo diffuso , a hotel spread throughout the village. ❋ Alessia Pirolo (2011)
With many of these properties now in foreclosure proceedings and building-code violations stacking up, banks and other debtholders will help decide their future. ❋ Eliot Brown (2011)
Unsafe, building-code violations run rampant in these unmaintained, unhygienic, filthy dorms. ❋ Alex D (2010)
"We have building-code issues and our membership has declined," she said. ❋ Marie C. Baca (2010)
A spokesman for the Building Department, Tony Sclafani, said officials issued three building-code violations to the property owner on Wednesday, including one for illegal occupancy. ❋ Unknown (2010)
And so Waxman-Markey includes building-code standards to ensure our new buildings don't become energy-hogging balls-and-chains tied to unfortunate tenants and unsuspecting homeowners. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Before you become a mini-member of OPEC, check with your town about fire-safety and building-code issues surrounding setting up a biodiesel operation at your home. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Before you become a mini-member of OPEC, check with your town about fire-safety and building-code issues surrounding setting up a biodiesel operation at your home. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Trulli have to be restored in accordance with strict building-code and planning regulations, which can be a tangled bureaucratic process. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Better building-code enforcement, on the other hand, could have saved lives. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Trulli have to be restored in accordance with strict building-code and planning regulations. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Getty Images Cranes loom in the distance in New York City, where a jump in construction ahead of a building-code change boosted housing starts. ❋ Unknown (2008)
House members might have interest in and/or expertise in building-code safety regulations or in settling the 9/11 controversy concerning the WTC collapses. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Then in 2006, the program started awarding grants to homeowners who surpassed the standards, like Mr. Schroeder, whose home in Oberhausen wound up exceeding the building-code standard by more than 50%. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Bungled building-code changes, which are depressing its fortunes, are walloping those of its rivals too, and intractable demographic changes weigh on the future. ❋ Unknown (2008)
