Natural gas interests and housing developers will mount a last-ditch effort next week to prevent U.S. model building codes from including new provisions to promote the electrification of cars, stoves ...

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 ...

Stronger building codes save lives. That is why, with the start of the 2013 hurricane season, we reintroduced the Safe Building Code Incentive Act to encourage more states to follow the lead of the ...

The wake of Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Fla., in August 1992. Fifty-four people died in the storm, which caused over $27 billion in damages and led to Florida’s adoption of a statewide building ...

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 ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy.