UpCodes, a startup that develops building-code compliance tools, announced today it has raised $3.36 million in pre-Series A funding. This brings its total raised so far to $4.15 million. The new ...

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 ...

Substantial structural damage (SSD) is a defined term within the International Code Council (ICC) building code library, which assesses the reduction in load-bearing ...

ALBANY — Inadequate enforcement of building codes has had tragic consequences in New York, with lives of occupants and first responders lost in deadly fires linked to unsafe conditions, according to ...

Somerset County has hired a third-party building code inspection agency, setting up the county as a "go-between" linking the ...

Property owners who repeatedly violate building codes and fail to correct potentially dangerous conditions will face mandatory penalties under a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The law, sponsored by ...

When people think of city government, they often picture smiling mayors shaking hands with people or elected officials ...

CANTON – The city's building and code enforcement efforts will be reinforced with an additional plumbing inspector, code officer and assistant prosecutor. Canton City Council on Monday authorized the ...

AIRMONT ‒ A New York state regulatory agency is assessing the village's code enforcement program amid claims by some residents that the government has been lax in enforcing state fire and building ...

In the early morning hours of Feb. 6, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the southcentral region of Turkey, with severe ground shaking extending over the northwestern region of Syria. In just ...

Note to New Orleans property owners who continue to flout the city's building code: The day of reckoning has arrived. View full sizeTed Jackson, The Times-Picayune archiveThis property in the Lower ...

Florida is about to make virtual inspections legal statewide. Starting July 1, The Florida Building Codes Act authorizes any government entity with the authority to enforce the building code to ...