When heavy snow and frigid cold blanketed the University of Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Ind., in late January, two civil engineering and architecture majors saw the inclement conditions as an opportunity.
New Jersey, Michigan acquisitions by ICE show how building code occupancy rules and FEMA Zone AE designations expand detention retrofit complexity beyond interior fit-out
As the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security acquires warehouses for potential detention use, building code requirements and FEMA Zone AE floodplain rules signal regulatory complexity beyond standard industrial fit-out.