Why does anything have to change? A manufacturing company’s most critical product decisions are made every day in design reviews. And if you assess the state of what a design review looks like today, ...

Seattle’s design review process could get a major overhaul if Mayor Bruce Harrell gets his way. On Tuesday, Harrell proposed a swath of reforms to the city’s design review process that could cut the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

In July 2022, the Philadelphia 76ers made a big announcement. After more than 25 years in South Philadelphia, the franchise planned to pack its bags and move to a new basketball arena in the heart of ...

With an eye to spurring more housing construction, Portland City Council will soon consider temporarily suspending design review — an idea developers might welcome but preservationists not so much. A ...

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 ...