Planning a major renovation or just making small improvements around the house? Understanding building codes is crucial. These regulations exist to keep you, your family, and future occupants safe.

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 ...

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

Mobile home, Manufactured Building, Manufactured Home, Premanufactured Home, Single-Wide, Double-Wide, Trailer; these are all words we tend to use to describe the semi-permanent, transportable, ...

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 ...

The state building and fire code failed to gain legislative approval Tuesday, as the proposal from the Department of Administrative Services came under fire for changes advocates said would make it ...

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, ...

HURLEY, N.Y. – Code enforcement and building inspections should come under one position to make town property reviews easier to administer, Planning Board Chairman Greg Tetrault said. During a Tuesday ...