The goal was to make it easier to build more housing and address a shortage experts say caused housing costs to rise.

Wisconsin will begin enforcing new building codes for commercial projects starting Nov. 1, the first major update to state ...

Florida showed the way decades ago by adopting a single statewide standard, saving lives and billions of dollars and showing ...

The city has used its codes to get homebuilders and remodelers to add solar panels, graywater recycling systems and electric ...

Homebuilders said returning to the 2020 energy code would shave $12,000 off the construction cost of an average home.

Santa Monica City Council approves changes to building codes, raising high-rise threshold and allowing single-stairway ...

ENCINITAS — The Encinitas City Council is working to preserve local control of building regulations by moving forward with a plan to re-adopt its existing “reach codes” before new state restrictions ...

Starting in January 2026, New York State will be making a big change in building and construction regulations as part of the ongoing state-mandated transition from fossil fuels to all-electric heated ...

Updating building codes might just be one of Washington’s most promising tools in combating climate change. These policies are designed to cut a chunk of the state’s net carbon emissions. Specifically ...

After Category 5 Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Fla., in 2018, there was a dramatic contrast in destruction: homes built at or beyond state building codes still stood, whereas many of ...

Nevada is experiencing an unprecedented building boom. With such rapid growth, ensuring all these buildings are constructed to the highest safety and compliance standards is a top priority.