The U.S. construction sector, worth more than $2.2 trillion annually, is continuing to build in the eye of the storm. Extreme heat, flooding, wildfires, and hurricanes are no longer rare, they’re ...

Building codes usually come up in the context of safety – a properly constructed building can help prevent injury or death from fires, earthquakes, and extreme weather. But they’re also essential for ...

Kevin McOsker from the International Code Council joined us for a Q&A on building safety, and some of the most common safety mistakes made in construction. McOsker, vice president of technical ...

A multiagent AI framework called LayoutGen couples large language model creativity with deterministic geometric verification, ...

Some states are loosening fire code requirements in an effort to build more housing— but at what cost?22 Investigates also ...

Mobile home, Manufactured Building, Manufactured Home, Premanufactured Home, Single-Wide, Double-Wide, Trailer; these are all words we tend to use to describe the semi-permanent, transportable, ...

Building codes and local, state and federal laws can present a labyrinthine path to securing the approvals, permits and compliance with legislation required to commence construction of a new or ...

More than a dozen California cities and counties have been trying for months to get climate-forward building standards enacted. But they've been caught in regulatory purgatory thanks to legislation ...