Planning a major renovation or just making small improvements around the house? Understanding building codes is crucial.

Santa Rosa, California - April 21, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Solar Sun Surfer, a California-based residential and ...

Part of the problem is the ballooning scope of the National Construction Code, which has been broadened in recent years to ...

The Bend City Council has adopted Section R327 of the Oregon Residential Specialty Code, establishing home‑hardening ...

California became the first state to regulate embodied carbon in its building code. That’s changing the construction industry ...

The latest updates to U.S. residential building codes are increasing minimum insulation R-values for attics, walls, and other building components based on climate zones. These changes, driven by the ...

The IPMC is an extensive eight-chapter document that is part of a collection of international codes that includes the ...

Under the Hanover town ordinance, all leased units — including apartments, rental houses and owner occupied homes with an ...

The city of Bend will enact "home-hardening" requirements on May 15 for new homes, to improve their resiliency in the face of ...

Reno City Council voted to revisit data center rules, with a possible pause on new projects expected to return for discussion ...

Menin’s announcement signals a stake in the ground that the Council is prioritizing pro-housing policies. A preliminary Council analysis found that code tweaks could unlock new units on roughly 2,850 ...

The city of Bend will enact "home-hardening" requirements on May 15 for new homes, to improve their resiliency in the face of ...