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 ...

Owners of a historic downtown Beaumont building still are working to comply with city codes after complaints from tenants prompted an inspection almost a month ago. The Mildred Building Apartments on ...

Building codes are a set of regulations that govern the design, construction, and alteration of structures. A general understanding of building codes helps all parties involved in design and ...

When Dick Dolby built his house back in 1977, he relied on the common sense and wisdom of his father, brother and other family members skilled in the art of construction. Starting Dec. 1, that kind of ...

SALEM – Ohio’s chief of building code compliance said building owners need not be afraid when it comes to requirements for renovations. “Call us up. Get us involved early,” Geoffrey Eaton said. “The ...

Building owners, developers and residents can learn what help the Ohio Bureau of Building Code Compliance offers for construction and renovation projects during a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in city ...

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 ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A legislative audit found "consistent problems" of compliance with building codes in several newly constructed and renovated public schools and recommends more state oversight to ...

Alabama ranked 16th among 18 hurricane-prone states in a survey by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety that looked at building codes and the durability of homes. The group ranked ...

Rockland officials marked three years on Feb. 14 since the county Office of Buildings and Codes took over the village of Spring Valley’s building department. The county has issued more than 16,000 ...

Alabama’s fire chiefs and construction industry groups are sounding alarms about a bill that would move oversight of building code compliance from a state agency to community colleges and local school ...