The Washington State Legislature advanced a bill this week that would eliminate the time-consuming "design review" process for new housing projects, which builders say could save months of headaches ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Portland city councilors are pushing a resolution to reform the city’s design review process and perhaps provide a temporary exemption for housing proposals. The effort represents ...

Last Monday, Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 1293 into law. The law imposes new restrictions on cities and counties engaging in design review, such as Seattle. It will significantly reduce design ...

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After working with the building owner to develop the owner’s project requirements (OPR) document for a project, one of the first activities for a commissioning professional is conducting third-party ...

The Seattle City Council has voted to extend a program aimed to make it easier to build affordable housing projects. The City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to temporarily exempt affordable ...

Last month’s column walked through the scenario of what might happen if the commissioning professional is not engaged until very late in the construction phase. This is a challenge on many fronts, but ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Following a deluge of projects in 2021, the Civic Design ...