And ProofHQ [CrunchBase], a web application that streamlines how designers manage review, proofing and approval of designs, artwork, documents and images.
Still, the industry is lobbying for a stronger safety system — one that involves better production-line audits of materials and approval of designs by independently certified auditors.
Some relief should come from the advance approval of standardized designs, allowing plants to be built more quickly and cheaply than in past years when each plant had a customized design.
Although the City Council has given its approval for the project, specific approval of the design will still be required.
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION -- Bitter arguments about an appropriate memorial at the World Trade Center site will prevent approval of any design this year.
The next-door neighbor, Ms. Lipman said, was a relative of the former owner and had an unusual deed that gave him approval of the design of the house, "and it had to be a traditional Cape Cod or an updated Cape Cod.
Southern had anticipated that approval of the design would come this summer or fall but now is hoping that it will happen by the end of the year.
Speaking of the chief architect of the towers, Mr. Koenig said: "The Port Authority had to give formal approval of my design, but it was really Minoru Yamasaki who gave me the commission.
Joe Maccari, whose family owns the building, has hired an architect, Joseph DeChiara, who is seeking final approval of his design: uniform red awnings with white letters, and brushed aluminum signs above.
The fix is one of a number of recent measures by the administration that do not require the approval of Congress, designed to ease the effects on immigrant communities of contradictory or outmoded statutes.
The company, which is building the reactors with a consortium of utilities, said the problem arose from delays in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of a design certification document from the manufacturer, Westinghouse, and of a combined construction and operating license.
