The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury announced the issuance of a proposed rule to strengthen regulations under the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which aims to ensure that access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits through health insurers is not more restrictive than access to medical and surgical benefits.

The 2022 edition of AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440, “North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for windows, doors and skylights,” has been published. This standard is the result of a multi-year effort by CSA Group, Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance and Window & Door Manufacturers Association.

The National Institute of Building Sciences Building Information Management Council is planning the upcoming release of COBie 3.0 as an update to the Construction to Operations Building information exchange (COBie 2.4) Specification. COBie 3.0 also will be published as an integral part of the upcoming version 4.0 of the National BIM Standard – United States.

“New Standards and Tools to Update Your Air Barrier Specifications” is a live webinar airing on Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. EDT. The webinar is sponsored by the Air Barrier Association of America and will be presented by Ryan Dalgleish.

The bipartisan bill seeks to preserve development of codes and standards that promote community resilience, advance sustainability and protect public safety.

Autodesk, Inc. announced it has released a new series of workflows for Autodesk Construction Cloud that can help customers comply with ISO 19650, a global design and construction information management standard. 

Genie invites customers to ask questions and get answers about the ANSI A92.22-2018 (United States) and CSA B354.7:17 (Canada) standards changes during its upcoming “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) event.

Joining OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction efforts to raise safety awareness in the aerial access industry, Genie hosted a webinar on Friday, May 10, that provided critical details on the upcoming standards changes. 

In support of OSHA’s upcoming National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction week, May 6-10, Genie shares new resources that raise awareness about the safe use of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in the aerial access industry. 

The new ANSI A92.22 standards for Safe Use and ANSI A92.24 standards for Training carry with them some major changes and substantial additional requirements for training, with new requirements for supervisor training.