Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order to look at reducing the number of stairs required in certain residential ...

Pflugerville approves first reading of a panel to enforce building codes and address unsafe structures, aiming for faster, stronger enforcement.

Growth, building standards and finances took center stage during the Laramie City Council’s Tuesday work session as ...

The City Council voted to cancel updated energy-saving rules. Quinton Lucas should stand against it to save homeowners and ...

Housing policy watchers may want to look beyond zoning wars and start squinting at sprinklers, stairwells, and elevators.

Fire codes have long required two staircases in mid-rise apartment buildings. But advocates worry that drives up construction costs. So the state will study doing away with one.

Fire protection works best when it is built into the process rather than added after the fact”— Christopher Echeverria ...

BHUBANESWAR: India should explore inclusion of wood-based construction and buildings into the national building code to ...

Changes could be coming to longstanding Massachusetts building codes that advocates say would make it much easier to build multifamily housing. Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Thursday ...

Gov. Maura Healey wants to update the state building code by legalizing single-stair, mid-rise housing units to make it easier to construct more homes across Massachusetts, an effort that has raised ...

Building Safety Month, an annual public awareness campaign led by the International Code Council (ICC), returns on May 1, 2026, with this year's theme, "Built to Last." The campaign highlights how ...

The Boulder County Board of Review is holding a public hearing on proposed wildfire updates to the county’s building code at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Staff members will present proposed updates related to ...