{"id":259613,"date":"2025-11-28T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=259613"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:41:26","slug":"government-to-present-updated-national-building-code-to-parliament-in-early-2026-cabinet-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/government-to-present-updated-national-building-code-to-parliament-in-early-2026-cabinet-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to Present Updated National Building Code to Parliament in Early 2026, Cabinet Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1044438723\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cabinet-reviewing-proposal-for-first-interventional-radiology-unit-at-sir-lester-bird-medical-centre\/?swcfpc=1\">first quarter of 2026<\/a>, a reform aimed at modernizing construction standards and improving air quality, ventilation and structural safety across<a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cabinet-renews-push-on-road-safety-after-spike-in-fatal-crashes\/?swcfpc=1\"> Antigua and Barbuda<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director General of Communications Maurice Merchant said the <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cabinet-approves-high-speed-fibre-rollout-for-all-public-primary-schools-by-year-end\/?swcfpc=1\">revised code<\/a> is part of a wider effort to address aging public infrastructure and workplace health issues identified during ongoing inspections of <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cabinet-renews-push-on-road-safety-after-spike-in-fatal-crashes\/?swcfpc=1\">more than 400 government-owned and government-occupied buildings<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"antig-511438310\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, 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