Fatal collapse of the stage at the Indiana State Fair in 2011 ignited interest in the safety of public-occupancy outdoor-event structures, which in many cases are not engineered to resist ...

More than a quarter of a century ago, the American Institute of Architects called for a single, national building code. The benefits were obvious &m> major developers, designers and contractors would ...

Who owns the model building code that sets the legal safety minimums adopted by many states and cities? That’s an issue that could be decided in a lawsuit brought by The International Code Council ...

A state commission on Tuesday adopted a model building code to be applied statewide that could weaken strong hurricane protections provided by codes that guide construction in Palm Beach, Broward and ...

The protection of the public through building construction standards began thousands of years ago when the first building codes were put in place to provide minimum safety standards. Understanding the ...

More than a quarter century ago, the American Institute of Architects called for a single national building code. The benefits were obvious — major developers, designers and contractors would not have ...