The showdown in the Florida statehouse last year had all the drama of a knock-down political brawl: Powerful industries clashing....
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In April, some 1,200 home builders, inspectors, architects and engineers gathered in Louisville, Kentucky, to debate the standards that should...
The proposal boiled down to just three paragraphs in the Federal Register: Would it be a good idea, the Federal...
Mississippi has enacted its first statewide building code that is designed to set construction guidelines to strengthen homes and other...
Among coastal hurricane-prone states, North Carolina and Louisiana have weakened their building codes since 2012, while five states have strengthened...
Property/casualty insurers are backing a measure in Congress to incentivize states to adopt stronger building codes. The National Association of...