States and cities are debating building code changes—like single-stair apartments and relaxed electrical/fire rules—to reduce ...

States and cities across the U.S. are increasingly loosening building and fire code requirements in an effort to reduce ...

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was one of the deadliest fires in U.S. history. The fire resulted in the deaths of ...

Operational disruption is not just an inconvenience—it is the difference between continuity and cascading financial loss.

The wake of Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Fla., in August 1992. Fifty-four people died in the storm, which caused over $27 billion in damages and led to Florida’s adoption of a statewide building ...

READING, Pa. – A man is lucky to be out of harm's way after building code violations risked his escape plan during a fire Saturday. "We uncovered numerous illegal modifications to the building," said ...

Farmington plans to replace its 2015 building and 2014 electrical codes with the 2024 ICC and 2023 NEC, now available for ...