In the race to make housing more affordable, building codes are not an obstacle. They are part of the solution. For more than a century, codes have made homes safer, more durable, and less costly to ...

Operational disruption is not just an inconvenience—it is the difference between continuity and cascading financial loss.

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 ...

Summit County Division of Building Standards will handle plan review, permitting and inspection services for all residential and non-residential construction projects in Barberton beginning Aug. 1.

The International Code Council says the U.S. Energy Department is ignoring the energy cost savings the 2024 building energy code will create, while DOE says the savings take too long to realize.

Building codes and local, state and federal laws can present a labyrinthine path to securing the approvals, permits and compliance with legislation required to commence construction of a new or ...

Onerous building codes are responsible for about one-third of costs of building multifamily housing, according to the author ...