Most homeowners assume that if a house was legal when it was built, it will stay that way. The surprise comes when you open ...

Building codes are an often-overlooked tool in fighting climate change. But last week, a little-known nonprofit group that sets building codes used across most of the U.S. decided to make them a lot ...

Each column, a new author will feature an article from one of the International Code Council (ICC) building, fire, mechanical, plumbing, residential (one and two family), energy conservation, and ...

It's something the average person might never think about, but building codes are an integral part of our everyday lives, whether we know it or not. While the average homeowner takes it all for ...

A bill that would require new state-funded single-family and two-family residential homes to have radon mitigation systems has unanimously passed a House subcommittee.