Mississippi Business Journal » building code http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Officials mulling building codes for unincorporated areas http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/officials-mulling-building-codes-for-unincorporated-areas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-mulling-building-codes-for-unincorporated-areas http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/08/officials-mulling-building-codes-for-unincorporated-areas/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 11:31:46 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74424 OXFORD — Some buildings in unincorporated areas of Lafayette County may soon have to be constructed according to building codes, though officials are still working on the details. A code has not been adopted. However, county supervisors have appointed a committee to work out details of what will be in the building code Proposals to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/20/city-hires-tennessee-consultant-to-rewrite-building-codes/feed/ 0 U.S. safety campaign seeks to prevent construction site falls http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/16/u-s-safety-campaign-seeks-to-prevent-construction-site-falls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-safety-campaign-seeks-to-prevent-construction-site-falls http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/16/u-s-safety-campaign-seeks-to-prevent-construction-site-falls/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:01:38 +0000 john.stodder http://msbusiness.com/?p=59659 The 335 followers of @NIOSHFACE on Twitter got some grim news on June 15th: A report that a plumber had fallen from the second floor of a building and died more than a year prior. The links posted with the tweet reveal that the fall, which took place two days after Christmas in 2010 but [...]

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