Building code-driven coalition replicates Los Angeles success in Philadelphia

Sources: Build with Strength, Washington, D.C.; CP staff

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association-aligned Build with Strength coalition has enlisted International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1291 and Mayfair Civic Association, both Philadelphia, as its newest members. They join civic organizations, fire service professionals, architects, engineers and industry experts who are committed to a) enacting safer and more sustainable building standards; and, b) closely tracking an increase in fires damaging or destroying low- to mid-rise buildings designed with combustible materials.

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