What type of construction? You may be surprised. An important feature of a pre-incident plan is the classification of building construction. Classifying the type of building should be simple, quick ...

For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

Anyone who has built or renovated their own home will know how complex the National Construction Code (NCC) can be. And so, too, does the industry itself. It must keep up with minimum standards for ...

Ehsan Noroozinejad has received funding from both national and international organisations. His most recent funding on integrated housing and climate policy comes from the Australian Public Policy ...

The Albanese government will introduce a four-year pause on non-essential changes to the National Construction Code in its latest effort to boost home building, in the first tangible action to come ...

Following last week’s economic reform roundtable in Canberra, the federal government has announced it will be pausing changes to the National Construction Code until mid-2029. The code is the national ...