A new poll of Los Angeles County voters shows significant support for strengthening building codes and restricting homebuilding in high-risk areas after January’s Palisades and Eaton fires. Voters ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Many new hospitals, schools, apartment buildings and other structures would be built with extra flood protection under a major revision to an international building code approved Friday.

Connecticut officials are considering a change to state building codes that would allow some residential buildings to have only one way to exit, rather than two. The proposal would allow new buildings ...

The Aurora City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a proposal to update the city’s building codes, which are several years out of date. Currently, Aurora’s building codes are based on the 2015 ...

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 model energy codes, in their various forms, have been at the forefront of the discussion regarding building design in recent years. These codes include the International Energy Conservation Code ...

Gainesville City Council adopted a new set of building codes at Tuesday evening’s meeting. The previous building codes were aligned with the 2018 edition published by the International Code Council.

In Michigan, homes and buildings are constructed under rules developed when Barack Obama was president, nearly a decade ago. The state has blown past a deadline under the law to bring them up to date, ...

Windows at the Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston can withstand a 9-pound, 8-foot-long piece of 2x4 lumber flying at 54 miles per hour. Small gravel picked up by last May’s 100-mph derecho shattered ...

Kim Wooten, an engineer and member of the state Building Code Council, has criticized recent changes to North Carolina's building codes, which she believes have weakened building standards and paved ...