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, ...

You love your home. It's your personal haven, your biggest investment. Yet beneath that familiar comfort lurks something most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the end of June, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law AB 130, a sweeping bill that aims to make it easier to build ...

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 ...

ICC’s Ryan Colker explains how thoughtful code development and evaluation processes are paving the way for safe, scalable adoption of next-generation building technologies. ICC's Ryan Colker speaks at ...

As the United States faces a mounting housing affordability crisis, a debate is intensifying between home builders and code officials over how best to balance costs, safety, and long-term efficiency ...

New York City is aligning its building code to be more closely aligned with international model standards and state requirements.

A new poll of Los Angeles County voters shows significant support for strengthening building codes and restricting homebuilding in high-risk areas after January’s Palisades and Eaton fires. Voters ...

A Chase Bank branch on Sunset Boulevard burning on January 8. Image © CAL FIRE_Official via Wikipedia under Public Domain License It has been nearly three weeks ...

Windows at the Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston can withstand a 9-pound, 8-foot-long piece of 2x4 lumber flying at 54 miles per hour. Small gravel picked up by last May’s 100-mph derecho shattered ...

Connecticut officials are considering a change to state building codes that would allow some residential buildings to have only one way to exit, rather than two. The proposal would allow new buildings ...