Planning a major renovation or just making small improvements around the house? Understanding building codes is crucial.

This photo shows sheathing on under-construction homes in Wake County. House Bill 488 prevents local governments from requiring builders to have sheathing, which ties a home’s frame together, ...

People often refer to inspections in generic terms–and in so doing, get the entire concept of code enforcement mixed up. An inspection is an inspection, right? The answer is no. For those involved in ...

With rescue efforts suspended at the disastrous condominium collapse in Miami, residents across the area are flooding local governments with the same question: could it happen here? Santa Monica ...

ALBANY -- Many rental-apartment inspections are languishing more than a year behind schedule while code officials are not inspecting most large commercial buildings at all, in violation of state law, ...

When: Leacock Township Board of Supervisors meeting, May 19. Supervisor Carl Smucker was absent. What happened: Two builders attended the meeting asking that the township appoint alternate ...