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Massachusetts is considering a commission to study an idea that could create 130,000 new homes in Greater Boston. Towns and ...

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Requiring two stairs, as on lift, limits layout options for multi0-family buildings as compared to single stair, as shown at right. Pew Charitable Trust illustration. Sign up for the Concord Monitor's ...

An obscure building code is ruining apartments and stopping new ones from getting built. The answer? Fewer stairs.

Virginia’s next building code update isn’t until 2027, but state lawmakers are already proactively thinking about ways it could be tweaked to help foster development on vacant or underutilized urban ...

Vancouver city councillors have approved a motion to explore single stairs in buildings of up to six storeys in the city, in line with provincial building code changes passed earlier this year. The ...

Explanation: Section 300.25 of the NEC limits wiring within exit stair enclosures to only what is necessary to serve equipment associated with the stair enclosure. This is a new requirement in the ...

We would like to drop a staircase down from our parlour floor to the garden apartment (currently no access). Can someone point me to the relevant code? This is a two-family brownstone, currently ...