State of the County highlights: On Wednesday March 28th, Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier gave a brief summary of his State of the County address at our Coalition meeting, covering the items that pertain to the building industry. He discussed proposals to cut...
Last Tuesday, Master Builders Association of Pierce County held its monthly Legislative Strategy Committee meeting. From that meeting, we have a couple of items of interest for members.
BIAW’s Legislative Reception is on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at the RL Hotel in Olympia from 7 – 9 p.m. We’ll be celebrating our Fix Hirst! victory, and Washington legislators will be joining us to hear from members about BIAW priorities and pressing issues facing the home building industry.
Building Industry Association of Washington
Effective Immediately There has been some legislation passed in Olympia specific to the “Hirst Decision” and its impacts on development of land utilizing a drilled “permit-exempt” well. On January 22, 2018 Governor Inslee signed ESSB 6091 which went into effect...
The Building Industry Association of Washington, which represents nearly 8,000 members in the home building industry, applauds the Washington State House and Senate for passing SSB 6091, which fixes the 2016 Washington State Supreme Court ruling known as the Hirst...
The Department of Labor and Industries (L&) has updated guidelines and rules related to confined spaces in Washington state. Those rules go into effect on February 5, 2018. Although the rules didn’t change dramatically, BIAW (along with Kitsap Building Association...
