Obama Administration Calls for Stricter Building Codes May 11, 2016 By Angela Greiling Keane and Zachary Tracer President Barack Obama is asking the private sector to tighten building standards to reduce losses from natural disasters after studies...
5th Annual National Tornado Summit Turning into an International Event February 25, 2016 With registered attendees from as far away as Nepal and as nearby as Canada, the 2016 National Tornado Summit to...
Texas Tornadoes Trigger Closer Look at Building Construction, Codes February 24, 2016 By Steve Thompson and The Dallas Morning News Before the walls shook, before the two-by-fours twisted and the roof began tearing off, Amanda Bose saw news about the...
IBHS: After Katrina, Roofing Regulations Stronger on Gulf Coast August 26, 2015 According to new research by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, stronger building codes and standards, along with...
2 Years After Tornado, Oklahoma’s Moore Rebuilding; View Video June 5, 2015 By Denise Johnson Two years ago on May 20, an EF 5 tornado touched down in Moore, Oklahoma, 4.4 miles west of Newcastle....
Texas, Louisiana Improve Building Code Rankings; More Work Needed April 14, 2015 By Stephanie K. Jones Texas doesn’t have the worst score in a recent ranking of state building code systems but it’s pretty close to...
Why Homeowners Should Worry Despite ‘Calm’ Hurricane Forecast April 10, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan The Colorado State University hurricane forecast for the Atlantic Ocean came out Thursday and called for seven named storms. That...
Texas Lawmaker Urges Extension of Wind Insurance Inspection Waiver February 22, 2015 A Texas lawmaker says thousands of coastal residents could lose their windstorm insurance coverage if the Legislature doesn’t extend a...
Louisiana’s Homeowners Market Stronger 9 Years after Katrina August 29, 2014 Louisiana’s property insurance market is vastly improved nine years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the state on Aug. 29, 2005, largely...
10 Years After Hurricane Charley: A Lesson in Strong Building Codes August 13, 2014 By Dr. Tim Reinhold It has been 10 years since the record-breaking 2004 Atlantic hurricane season when four major hurricanes – Charley, Frances, Ivan...