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 ...

For the past three years, UpCodes and its founders have been entangled in a copyright lawsuit filed by the International Code Council (ICC). Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, ...

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 ...

ENGLEWOOD, CO - August 21, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Federal Steel Systems said it is reaffirming its commitment to ...

Tiny homes were being built to the RV standard, which got complicated with local government, says Adrienne Fedrigo, president of the Tiny Home builders association. RVs are only allowed to be lived in ...

Engineers know how to protect people from tornadoes like the ones that recently devastated parts of Kentucky, but builders have headed off efforts to toughen standards. By Christopher Flavelle ...

ICC used its new—and controversial—consensus standard process to develop the 2024 IECC, rather than having U.S. building officials vote on the final draft. Sustainability advocates are censuring the ...