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From the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) website.
This Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) website was designed to assist those in the construction industry to identify, reduce, and eliminate construction-related hazards. (OSHA is part of the U.S. Department of Labor.)
Government advocacy group for small businesses, also provide loans & support for small businesses, and more
Plan, launch, manage, and grow your business
This site, "Value of Construction Put in Place at a Glance," provides monthly estimates of the total dollar value of construction work done in the United States. View the most current release and historical releases.
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national construction industry trade association with 69 chapters representing more than 21,000 members. ABC's members represent all specialties in the construction industry and are primarily firms that perform work in the industrial and commerical sectors.
Based in Washington, D.C., the Associated General Contractors of America, with members in building construction, federal/heavy construction, highway and transportation construction, and utility construction, has over 27,000 member firms.
This society of construction professionals offers online courses, conferences, webinars, and certification exams.
Members include subcontractors, specialty contractors and suppliers.
CMAA offers professional development, education, training and networking, business development, advocacy, and professional resources to its members.
Members of MCAA include approximately 2,600 firms involved in heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, plumbing, piping, and mechnical service.
USGBC runs the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification program for sustainable design and construction ("green building" certification).
The ANSI oversees the creation, promulgation and use of thousands of norms and guidelines that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector: f rom acoustical devices to construction equipment, from dairy and livestock production to energy distribution, and many more.
IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization, has over 400,000 members. It publishes nearly one-third of the world's technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics, and is the leading developer of international standards in telecommunications, information technology and power-generation products and services.
ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 162 national standards bodies.It develops and publishes International Standards - standards are formulas that describe "the best way of doing something" - from "making a product, managing a process, to delivering a service or supplying materials... ."
THE NFPA provides free online access to its codes and standards, its journal publications from 1907 to the present, and its Applied Research reports.
Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, and one of the nation's oldest physical science laboratories. Its mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve the quality of life.
This page, from BuildingsGuide.com, provides links to state building codes. The site also notes "[r]remember that each city has its own specific building codes, so check with your city's municipal office to ensure your building plans are up-to-date."
Follow the directions on this page for read-only access to the codes and standards.
Links to city and county codes in all 50 states.
25 states, 10 tribal governments, and 1 Candian province
Choose the state, then select a municipality.
On this "Library" page, choose a State or "Tribes and Tribal Nations." Next, choose the tribe or city. Search by keyword or browse by title.
This United States government website answers the questions of what is a building code, how are building standards created and updated, how are model building codes updated, and how a model code becomes law.
Library of product catalogs from building manufacturers, lists of manufacturers, CAD drawings and details, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and 3-Part Specifications.
Free Building Product CAD Drawings, BIM Files, Specifications, and architectural building product certifications.