Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho and Wyoming have no statewide wildfire building codes. Colorado adopted a code last year, with ...

The Big Apple is planning to overhaul its decades-old building codes to spark new construction and accessibility upgrades by ...

When homeowners doing work on their property consider a cheaper route, for example, hiring a contractor who doesn’t want to ...

This article was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles and to tackle a housing shortage ...

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 ...

As luxury residential and commercial architecture trends toward “total transparency,” a silent crisis is emerging in the building industry. New data suggests that an elevated percentage of modern ...

Larkspur has passed new building standards to help reduce fossil fuel-related emissions. The City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 20 to adopt two ordinances to increase building electrification ...

Firefighters respond to a five-alarm fire in a row of apartment buildings in Queens, N.Y., on Jan. 6. (Gardiner Anderson/New York Daily News/TNS) A New Year’s celebration in the Swiss Alps turned ...

MADISON, Wis. — A new commercial building code for Wisconsin projects will take effect in the fall, according to the state’s licensing and professional services agency. The Wisconsin Department of ...

This article was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles and to tackle a housing shortage ...