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Construction and Land Development LinksThe following sites are relevant to the construction industry. This list is in no way intended as an endorsement of any of the following organizations, but is provided for the benefit to our customers. Local and regional Web sites:State of Missouri Web sites: Federal Web sites:- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- General Services Administration (GSA)
- Government Printing Office (GPO) Maintains a fully searchable site that includes the Federal Register since 1995, Public Laws, Congressional Bills, and other documents.
- National Institute of Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Official information and services from the U.S. government.
- The Access Board-US Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
- THOMAS Federal legislative information, status of bills, Congressional Record, and more.
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- U.S.D.A. Forest Products Laboratory (FPL)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains a page on indoor air quality
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- White House
Model building code organizations:- Building Officials and Codes Administrators, International BOCA)
- International Code Council (ICC)
- Southern Building Code Congress, International (SBCCI)
Testing labs and inspection agencies:- Certification of Engineered Wood Products(PFS and TECO)
- ETC Laboratories(ETCLABS)
- ETL Semko(ETL)
- Factory Mutual Research Corporation (FMS)
- Forest Project Lavatory(FPL)
- Intertek Testing Services(ITS)
- NAHB Research Center(NAHB RC)
- National Evaluation Service, Inc. (NES)
- National Gypsum Testing Services(NGC)
- NSF International(NSF)
- Omega Point Laboratories, Inc.(OPL)
- Owens Corning Testing System(OWENS CORNING)
- Professional Engineering and Inspection Company, Inc.(PEICO)
- Professional Services Industries(PSI)
- Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL)
Other related organizations:- Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)
- Air Movement & Control Association (AMCA)
- Aluminum Association (AA)
- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA)
- American Concrete Institute (ACI)
- American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA)
- American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC)
- American Fiberboard Association (AFA)
- American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA)
- American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)
- American Gas Association (AGA)
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- American Institute of Building Design (AIBD)
- American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc. (AISC)
- American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- American Planning Association (APA)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Soc. of Htg, Refrig., & Air-Cond.Eng., Inc. (ASHRAE)
- American Society of Home Inspectors, Inc. (ASHI)
- American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)
- American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)
- American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- American Welding Society (AWS)
- American Wood Council (AWC)
- American Wood Perservers Institute (AWPI)
- APA-The Engineered Wood Association
- Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI)
- Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industries (AWCI)
- Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers (ASFE)
- Brick Industry Association (BIA)
- Building Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA)
- Builders Resource and Information Exchange in the United Kingdom (BRIX)
- California Redwood Association (CRA)
- Cedar Shale and Shingle Bureau (CSSB)
- Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI)
- Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
- Door & Hardware Institute (DHI)
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
- Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF)
- Finishing Contractors Association (FCA)
- Firestop Contractors International Association (FCIA)
- Gas Technology Institute (GTI)
- Glass Association of North America (GANA)
- Gypsum Association
- The Harwood Council
- Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
- Institute of Industrial Engineers
- Insulating Concrete Form Association (ICFA)
- Insurance Services Office, Inc (ISO)
- International Accreditation Service (IAS)
- International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI)
- International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
- International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)
- Int'l Association of Plumbing And Mechanical Officials (IAPMO)
- International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
- International Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- International Fire Code Institute (IFCI)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA)
- Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA)
- Modular Building Institute (MBI)
- National Assocation of Corrosion Engineers (NACE)
- National Assocation of Elevator Contractors (NAEC)
- National Assocation of Home Builders (NAHB)
- National Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors (PHCC)
- National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
- National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM)
- National City Government Resource Center
- National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA)
- Nat'l Conf. of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS)
- National Council of Structural Engineers Association (NCSEA)
- National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
- National Evaluation Service (NES)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- National Glass Association (NGA)
- National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS -- opens new browser)
- National Multi Housing Council (NMHC)
- National Paint & Coating Association (NPCA)
- National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA)
- National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
- National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
- North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA)
- North American Steel Framing Alliance (NASFA)
- Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH)
- Plumbing Manufacturers Institute (PMI)
- Portland Cement Assocation (PCA)
- Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
- Recalls of Construction Material and Equipment (RECALLS)
- Scaffold Industry Associtation (SIA)
- Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning( Cont. Nat'l Assoc, Inc. (SMACNA)
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)
- Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Southern Pine Council
- Structural Board Assocation (SBA)
- Structural Engineers Association of Kansas & Missouri (SEAKM)
- Steel Deck Institute (SDI)
- Vinyl Siding Institute (VSI)
- Western Wall and Ceiling Contractors Association (WWCCA)
- Western Wood Products Association (WWPA)
- Wood Truss Council of America (WTCA)
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