Firefighters and builders are at odds over a new-to-Rhode Island corner of the housing-affordability debate: stairs. Citing the spiraling cost of construction, a group of developers and urbanists ...

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

Vancouver City Council has approved City staff's modified concepts of a single-egress staircase residential building design.

The Missouri Building Codes Act, introduced by Rep. David Casteel, would establish baseline standards for building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, property maintenance and other activities ...

The N.C. General Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill pausing efforts to update North Carolina’s energy efficiency codes. Home builders argue the updates are too expensive, while advocates argue they ...

A bill that would stymie a years-long effort to make new North Carolina homes more energy efficient is on its way to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk. House Bill 488 prevents the N.C. Building Code Council — ...