International Code Council Board Member David Spencer has been a Building Official in Washington since 2011. He currently is ...

For example, building codes regarding types of roofs in northern states are more concerned with the potential weight of snowfall than with hurricane-strength winds. A: A building permit is ...

A change is in progress statewide that will lower operating costs and save energy for new buildings in our area. Building ...

California lawmakers are considering a bill authored by a Burbank assemblymember that would pause updates to state housing ...

Some officials, particularly in smaller jurisdictions, say they lack the funding or personnel to staff a building code enforcement office. Yet there are examples of communities in Texas using ...

Wooten points to recent House Bill 488 as an example. It says local governments ... And, she points to Senate Bill 166, which restructures the Building Code Council, removing architects from ...