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 ...

Wildfires now threaten communities across California year-round. But they are much less of a danger to homes built since 2008 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

This year, New York became the first state to mandate zero emission construction in new buildings through the enacted state budget for 2024. Starting in 2025, the state building code will prohibit the ...

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 ...

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.

The City of Georgetown will discuss reviewing possible changes to building and fire codes in an attempt to reduce housing ...