New platform enables architects, engineers, and construction professionals to identify potential building code issues before plans reach formal ...

Building codes are ripe for change as policy analysts and the housing reform movement at large move beyond land use and zoning alone. After working through several hundred hours of building code ...

Building codes usually come up in the context of safety – a properly constructed building can help prevent injury or death from fires, earthquakes, and extreme weather. But they’re also essential for ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Builders may have a little less trouble navigating local, and often outdated, building codes, thanks to two bills passed by the NH Senate on Thursday aimed at addressing those outdated overdue codes. ...

A month after wildfires ravaged Maui in August 2023, Gov. Josh Green issued an emergency proclamation to postpone the adoption of any new building codes that might exacerbate a housing shortage that ...

Marion City Council is considering adopting two pieces of legislation that would allow the city to enforce commercial building codes and create a commercial building codes department managed by a ...

In 2025, Michigan officials intend to forge ahead in a yearslong attempt to modernize nearly decade-old state building codes for new homes, even while continuing to face pushback from builders who ...

LANSING, MI - Michigan is poised to implement building codes requiring new homes make significant jumps in energy efficiency and finally modernizing rules that date back a decade — if they survive a ...