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Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ncoxbarrett.bsky.social/post/3lnlb752r2s23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/ncoxbarrett.b</span><span class="invisible">sky.social/post/3lnlb752r2s23</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dallas</span></a> is permitting some <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> homes to trade costly but important sprinklers for other less expensive fire safety tools. Difficult area for regulatory reform given rising <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> costs and <a href="https://cville.online/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> risk. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/FireSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireSafety</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Montana’s legislature has just approved safer and more affordable <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/seanjurs.bsky.social/post/3lmzycke6pk2h" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/seanjurs.bsky</span><span class="invisible">.social/post/3lmzycke6pk2h</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Good news in sunny <a href="https://cville.online/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> for safer and more affordable <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/awalkerinla.bsky.social/post/3llu43hofcs2d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/awalkerinla.b</span><span class="invisible">sky.social/post/3llu43hofcs2d</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2025/04/a-once-banned-type-of-building-is-back-in-favor-and-the-planning-commission-approves/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">austinmonitor.com/stories/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/a-once-banned-type-of-building-is-back-in-favor-and-the-planning-commission-approves/</span></a> “an important step in providing Austin with the type of housing that will facilitate safe, family oriented, walkable neighborhoods.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Austin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austin</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/MissingMiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MissingMiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S492" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S492</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> North Carolina is considering permitting safer and more affordable “Mid-rise single-exit buildings” up to eight stories tall. This is two stories taller than we have been discussing here in Virginia. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/SingleStair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleStair</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/NCLeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCLeg</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/littleton-massachusetts-tesla-station-fire/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/boston/news/little</span><span class="invisible">ton-massachusetts-tesla-station-fire/</span></a> Hey, so something to think about from <a href="https://cville.online/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> world. Buildings in North America are generally not built for a charging station fire, so a lot of obvious safety things haven’t been done. I super get anger about all of this but please be careful with the fires. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/WildFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildFire</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/OnlyYouCanStopTeslaFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlyYouCanStopTeslaFires</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://infocville.com/2025/01/10/bar-members-suggest-changes-to-planned-affordable-housing-building-on-wertland-street/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infocville.com/2025/01/10/bar-</span><span class="invisible">members-suggest-changes-to-planned-affordable-housing-building-on-wertland-street/</span></a> “We couldn’t do 100 percent affordable housing in steel and concrete in this region or pool for Virginia Housing,” Chapman said “There’s simply not enough tax credits. Our ask would be too high. It’s not financeable.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/cville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cville</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/affordablehousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affordablehousing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/LIHTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIHTC</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/designreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designreview</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.harvarddesignmagazine.org/articles/building-code-as-battleground-activism-amendments-and-coauthorship/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">harvarddesignmagazine.org/arti</span><span class="invisible">cles/building-code-as-battleground-activism-amendments-and-coauthorship/</span></a> “Architects, however, were caught between their clients, who wanted to provide inclusive restrooms, and the restrictions of the building code.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/bathroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bathroom</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://archive.is/2024.12.18-195221/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/18/climate/insurance-non-renewal-climate-crisis.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/2024.12.18-195221/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/18/climate/insurance-non-renewal-climate-crisis.html</span></a> “Without insurance, you can’t get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/realestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>realestate</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a></p>
MClare<p>Mild <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/softwaregore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwaregore</span></a>, but I get a real kick out of overpriced building/design codes (that you have to buy in order to design to what’s *required* by law) not even having a functioning purchasing website.</p><p>(Btw my husband did report the bug already)</p><p><a href="https://recurse.social/tags/structuralengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>structuralengineering</span></a> <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/aec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aec</span></a> <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/builtenv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>builtenv</span></a> <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/errant404" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>errant404</span></a> <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/buildingdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingdesign</span></a> <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model - Overview And Implications<br>--<br><a href="https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/science/2023-national-seismic-hazard-model-whats-shaking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-h</span><span class="invisible">azards/science/2023-national-seismic-hazard-model-whats-shaking</span></a> &lt;-- USGS technical article<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231215428" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1177/87552930231215</span><span class="invisible">428</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthquake</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/seismichazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seismichazard</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazard</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/shakemap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shakemap</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineeringgeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineeringgeology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazardmodel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazardmodel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/modeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modeling</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/seismicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seismicity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/faultruptures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faultruptures</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/groundmotions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groundmotions</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/probabilistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probabilistic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probability</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geostatistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geostatistics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mitigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mitigation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NSHM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSHM</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/forecast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forecast</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publicsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicsafety</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazardassessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazardassessment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fault</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/faulting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faulting</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/structuralgeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>structuralgeology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/intensity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intensity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mercalli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercalli</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publicpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicpolicy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/shakemap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shakemap</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineeringrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineeringrisk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a><br>@USGS @FEMA</p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>The <a href="https://cville.online/tags/NFPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NFPA</span></a> Single Exit Stair Symposium report is now available online here: <a href="https://www.nfpa.org/forms/single-exit-stair-symposium-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nfpa.org/forms/single-exit-sta</span><span class="invisible">ir-symposium-report</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/firesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firesafety</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/shortage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortage</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Dropped off the little one to school, dropped off the election supplies, checked in with sad co-workers, friends and family, then drove to <a href="https://cville.online/tags/rva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rva</span></a> to keep working towards a state <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> that allows safer and more affordable <a href="https://cville.online/tags/missingmiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>missingmiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> .</p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>“Aside from creating better architecture, it has cost savings and it’s safe” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/infill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infill</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Thinking more about the new fire safety data presented by <a href="https://cville.online/tags/PewCharitableTrusts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PewCharitableTrusts</span></a> yesterday and the picture that is developing of <a href="https://cville.online/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virginia</span></a> zoning from the <a href="https://cville.online/tags/nationalzoningatlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalzoningatlas</span></a> it is remarkable how far government has gone to ban safer sprinklered multifamily housing with self-closing doors. Between <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zoning</span></a> and <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> hurdles it is a miracle we get the little we have. <a href="https://cville.online/tags/firesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firesafety</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Very productive meeting today in Richmond on updating the <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> to permit more affordable, more attractive, and safer <a href="https://cville.online/tags/missingmiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>missingmiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> . I especially appreciated our firefighters’ call to reach zero fire deaths and the recognition that sprinklered multifamily is part of the way forward.</p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>I’d quibble with the <a href="https://cville.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> here (no mention of my guy Veiller and his moral crusade against prostitution, drinking, gambling, and pornography through banning multifamily housing) but there is a somewhat sanitized background here on the strange and unique “international” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> process used in the U.S. and Canada which is getting unusual attention in our worsening <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/shortage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortage</span></a> <a href="https://www.iccsafe.org/building-safety-journal/bsj-dives/the-international-code-councils-role-in-code-development-and-building-safety/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iccsafe.org/building-safety-jo</span><span class="invisible">urnal/bsj-dives/the-international-code-councils-role-in-code-development-and-building-safety/</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Hey Europeans, your elevators are smaller than US elevators. I am told this is unsafe because all elevators have to be big enough to hold a very large stretcher in a medical emergency. How are you handling that? Are your stretchers smaller than ours? Do you do something else to get people out of buildings to an ambulance? <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/opinion/elevator-construction-regulation-labor-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k0.0BQQ.2MoYheN-ZJmq&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/07/08/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/elevator-construction-regulation-labor-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k0.0BQQ.2MoYheN-ZJmq&amp;smid=url-share</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/publicsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicsafety</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>I wasn't able to make the launch event, but this new <a href="https://cville.online/tags/harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harvard</span></a> report on adjusting <a href="https://cville.online/tags/buildingcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buildingcode</span></a> to permit more flexible and affordable <a href="https://cville.online/tags/missingmiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>missingmiddle</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/infill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infill</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> common in other countries looks great <a href="https://www.bostonindicators.org/reports/report-detail-pages/single-stair" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonindicators.org/reports/r</span><span class="invisible">eport-detail-pages/single-stair</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/singlestair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singlestair</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boston</span></a></p>
OUR COMMON GROUND<p>:coffeev60: Thoughts</p><p>"Under pressure to control housing costs, Republican lawmakers rejected standards meant to protect against disasters, experts say."</p><p>Offer help, if you can.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> governing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Helene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helene</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BuildingCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCode</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/housingsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housingsafety</span></a></p>
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