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Celebrate Excellence! Elevate Your Profession with the 2026 Architectural Excellence Design & COTE Awards
Submissions accepted through Saturday, August 1, at 11:59 pm AIA Pennsylvania annually recognizes and celebrates the great work that Pennsylvania’s architects are doing to affect positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes for their clients and communities in the Commonwealth and beyond. The Architectural Excellence Design Awards celebrate the exemplary design achievements of members and the impact of architecture regardless of
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IMPORTANT BUILDING CODE UPDATE
October 29, 2025
2021 International Codes will take effect on January 1, 2026 Last week the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) reviewed and approved the rule making updating 34 Pa. Code, Part XIV, Chapters 401 and 403 (Pennsylvania UCC). The effect of this action is the updates to the Uniform Construction Code of Pennsylvania, including the move to the 2021 International Codes
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2021 ICC Code Adoption Delayed
June 20, 2025
The PA Department of Labor and Industry has not completed the regulatory process required to enforce the 2021 ICC codes. As a result, the previously anticipated enforcement date of July 13, 2025, is no longer valid. We will immediately notify you when we have a new enforcement date. Based on the required steps still necessary and in combination with publicized meeting dates and statutory timelines,
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January 2025 – Special Winter Update
January 14, 2025
Mary McClenaghan, AIA, NCARB, Leads First Meeting as President of PA State Architects Licensure Board On Thursday, January 9th, Mary McClenaghan, AIA, NCARB, presided over her inaugural meeting as President of the Pennsylvania State Architects Licensure Board. AIA Pennsylvania’s Director of Legislative Affairs, Amal Mahrouki, attended the meeting and provided an update to the board. Amal highlighted that while Act
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