The theme of this year's Building Safety Month, “Built to Last,” highlights how modern building codes, safety professionals, ...
As the United States faces a mounting housing affordability crisis, a debate is intensifying between home builders and code officials over how best to balance costs, safety, and long-term efficiency ...
HURLEY, N.Y. – Code enforcement and building inspections should come under one position to make town property reviews easier to administer, Planning Board Chairman Greg Tetrault said. During a Tuesday ...
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, two feet of rain fell on western North Carolina, damaging or sweeping away thousands of houses in landslides and floods. At least 101 people died. In many cases, ...
The federal agencies argue that energy-efficiency building codes have added at least $20K in costs to home construction.