The City Council voted 10-1 in 2023 to adopt the code, which requires enhanced energy-efficiency standards for new ...

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 ...

The majority of construction requires a Department of Buildings permit. Typically, any construction project that alters major building systems, such as electrical, plumbing, HVAC, or structural, ...

IF Chicago can do it, any city can. That is what students of the construction industry are thinking about Chicago’s achievement, after a fiveyear civic struggle, in enacting a modern building code.

A Supreme Court decision in April strengthened the hand of organizations striving to broaden access to building codes. In a 5–4 ruling, the court found for the defendant in Georgia v.

In Massachusetts, the statewide building code mandates a set of energy efficiency standards, like, for instance, your walls and windows need to hold in a certain amount of heat. A little over a decade ...

A new approach to tackling New York State’s housing crisis aims to change the required number of staircases in apartment ...

Mexico sits on one of the most seismically restless patches of Earth. Squeezed between the Cocos, Pacific, and North American ...

Twisted pieces of metal bars and concrete blocks are seen in the area of land where the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South building was located in Surfside, Florida. Photo: Giorgio Viera/AFP ...

A former construction boss has told an inquiry that contractors are fearful of biting the hand that fed them in kowtowing to ...