Prefabricated Buildings. Modular buildings, commonly called prefabricated buildings, are made from all the same materials and meet all the same building International Building Codes (IBC) as conventionally built structures. The difference is the process.
Gold Standard Act. The Gold Standard Act of the United States was passed in 1900 (approved on March 14) and established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism (which had allowed silver in exchange for gold). It was signed by President William McKinley.
The Standard is a marketing name for StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. and subsidiaries. Insurance products are offered by Standard Insurance Company of Portland, Oregon, in all states except New York, where insurance products are offered by The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York of White Plains, New York.