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Mass Construction Rundown — 70 episodes
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Rundown Live Show!
🍯 Holliston, MA taking honey company to court over tent, 💰200 Violations, $4M in fines is it over the top, 💀MA life science market is dead
Mamdani getting rid of sidewalk sheds, LA is a mess, SF vs Austin
👀 RI making MA Housing Numbers Look Good 🫠 $48/SF EXTRA for Permitting 🏢 Institutions Buying Houses Don’t Matter
😱Condo Nightmare 💰Tax abatement website 📉More tax troubles
Exec order on Single Stair, VT pre-vetting home plans, City council zoning for Resi and strip clubs
🙄Chelsea requiring PMs on all rentals 🙄Illinois won’t issue permits if you’re behind on mortgage 😱Radical upzoning that’s working
Boston Permitting Improvements, Whole New City in CA w/ a PLA, How to Fix Mass Permitting
🫠A city’s attempt at eliminating blight 🤖Tesla Self Driving 50% cheaper to insure 👏An Architect’s Take on San Fran Permits
Zoning changes NOT enough, Self certifying permits & More single stair buildings
👎🏽CA 2026 construction laws prove it’s getting worse 👏 Feds rolling back Energy Regs 🤷🏻♂️ Gabriel House report
🏡⛪️YIGBY! 🚒 LAFD Report gets white washed by politicians 🤟Austin continues to crush planning and development!
Cambridge getting sued and it could be a landmark case! 😴ADUs in MA slow out of the gate. ⚡️Sacramento repeals all electric
😵Honolulu shutting down their building department 🥳🍾San Fran continues to crush it with planning and permitting ↗️More single stair communities
🥇Boston leads US in construction ⏪MA backing off climate bill 🔙NY backing off all electric
Protest to stop Waymo in Boston Chicago vacancy rockets to 28% DC blows millions in Rent Control database
🍇Vineyards win $50M in lawsuit against town 💵Couple buys home w/ 1M in fines.
👮Corruption and dysfunction
😳Stagger numbers on home batteries 💵Tax on construction materials 🕊️Laser beams killing birds
AI Permitting & Fire Inspections not getting done
🌆 Whole New Cities in MA? ⏪ VT reverses Energy code that was already adopted!
⏱️18 Minute permits 🏠 Residential everywhere as-of-right
🔋Battery powered stoves 🚩Housing red flags 🚶🏾Furloughs
🏢NH’s simple Single Stair change 👨🚒FD pushing back on ADUs 👨🏫 Fire psychology
💰Suffolk volume in NYC to surpass Boston 🚫 Another Resi Foreclosure 🚒 Fall River Fire
⛽️ Ballot question that would pour lighter fluid on housing ⚠️Seattle waving life safety to get empty spaces fill👎🏽Seaport condos going back to the bank
💥SF takes a chainsaw to permits 🙃NYC regulations are dizzying 💰Pay for a faster plan review?
🤦🏻♂️Why does this house have a skybridge? 😥NFPA protecting themselves or the public?
🤬 Torches are out over housing in MA 🏢 Up to 8 units can use IRC 👩⚖️ ADU lawsuit
💰$35 per thousand permit fee ⚡️Panels are not big enough
👨🏽⚖️You must get a home inspection! 🧐 Statewide Zoning - SmartCode
😮ADUs produced 43% of all new units in LA ❌ Inspections NOT getting done & The universal problem
‼️Pause the Code until 2031 ♋️ equitable code? 🏠 should ADUs be a state or local issue?
🌊 16 Pru Towers of Empty Lab space 🛍️ Why 1st floor retail doesn’t work 👻 You electric bill is going up to pay for wind powered substations
🏠Cambridge affordable housing disaster. 👨🏻💼New Worcester ISD commissioner 🤖AI plan review
😳 Statewide Bill for 3rd Party inspections ✅ EO for Self Certification of plans 🚒 Fire Dept. Education on Code
🖕Middletown Middle Finger 🏢Missing Middle Housing 💀Downtown is dead
🔥LA Permitting a disaster 🦞Lobsterman shut down by Zoning Board 👷CA tightening up on Construction licenses
Housing Down in MA, Permitting woes in NYC, WV with some good government
Construction work Shifting, HOA vs ADU, Tom O’Brien running for Mayor?
🥊 Boston vs Austin 🤮 NOLA Building Dept. is an absolute mess!
Builders self certification of permits, AI producing Structural Drawings, One Lincoln going to auction, Annnd bus lanes
Battery Storage in Residential neighborhoods, 3rd party building departments, LA Fire Code Changes
Boston passes Net-Zero zoning, Good bye speed humps in JP
👎🏽A loss for the state, Fusion Energy leaving MA for VA. 👎🏽AI legislation in MA 👩🏽💼"Executive Presence"
Permit fees going up 🕵️♂️Building Officials need more discretion 👩⚖️Lawsuit over Energy Code
Body Cams for Building Inspectors
💸Shrinking salaries 🧯NFPA fights back 🥳Permit Palooza
🤦♂️ANOTHER sweeping climate bill in Massachusetts! 🫵 Get the eff off my site ⬆️ ABI up after 20 months of decline
🏡Bleak Outlook on Housing Starts 🏢Cambridge high rise evacuated 🔋Stop the Batteries
Development, zoning, housing and permitting news
🚫Back Bay Project on Hold 👎🏽San Francisco eases permitting but still can build! 🆓Are codes public domain
🦈 Planet friendly has jumped the shark 🤖AI tracking zoning changes 📉 ABI Down 20 consecutive months 💀
☎️Call center for inspections 💰Somerville to pay $30M to building owner 🚘 Autonomous Vehicles take driving tests
🤖AI Plan Reviews ⏱️Permit extensions 😳Fatal Fire investigation
💰Inspectors taking bribes 🤚🏽Single stair pushback 🙈Complaints 🔥Ignored building catches on fire
🔒Builder goes to jail 💨 Providence improving permitting 👎🏽 Another permitting software 🍃 NFPA standard for Cannabis
Wins for Gas, single family homes and cars 🚗 🏡 ⛽️
🚒 Banning big Fire Trucks 🤬 Angry about one stair and more!
Single stair buildings up to 6 Stories!
Self-certification of plans for permit, 3rd party building inspectors, 6 Stories as of right in Cambridge
UCLA Study Finds that increased speed of permitting will lead to more housing, Zoning Commission votes down fossil free, What’s going to happen with real estate commissions?
👆🏽Mass Housing Bill ✌️Layoffs instead of termination 👌Not so happy employees at MassHousing
BOS to NYC High speed rail & Providence streamlining permitting
💥 Downtown incentives 💥 Developers say why they're not building multifamily
Costco getting into affordable housing, Suffolk downs dead in the water, Private citizen paying for public Voc School
♻️ 65% of construction waste needs to be recycled to get a permit and occupancy! 🏬 NYC to inspect existing buildings
Hazardous vapor in Boston, Transportation Secretary that doesn’t take public transportation, Boston extends housing incentive.
Magic 🍄 🍄, ANOTHER code change in Boston!, NYC zoning improvements, Office to Housing Incentive is over