Olympia’s Planning Commission will hear public comment Wednesday on a series of zoning code amendments that would allow for more and denser types of housing to be built in residential neighborhoods.

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HOUSTON — In comments on a viral video of a framed home collapsing in Willis during the May derecho, there are several claims about Texas' building codes. A month before the video of the collapse was ...

Building and construction industry is responsible for 35-40% of energy consumption and carbon emissions. (Representational Picture) The government is planning to revise the energy codes for both ...

Marion City Council approved the creation of a commercial building code enforcement department. But some fear residential ...

The Planning Zoning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend an overhaul of the city’s lot coverage, size and density code to the ...

Lawrence City Commissioners had lengthy discussion and debate on setting the maxmium occupnacy limits for the least dense residential zoning districts. Eventually, they voted to set the maximum ...

The city of Pensacola is rewriting its land development code to make it simpler to read and understand, and to promote attainable housing Some of the changes in the updated code include tweaks to help ...

During residential inspections, my biggest challenge is getting electricians and contractors to accept that the “old” way of installing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors is no longer ...

Certain aspects of the Residential Communities Industry Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) Code of Conduct may not be aligned strictly with the Act, according to Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH ...