FAIRFAX, VA—The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) has defeated a second addition to the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) at the code hearings in Memphis. Click here to download a PDF about the IgCC, as well as another code change defeated by NPMA. This second proposal would have required installation of a barrier during construction in […]
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