As climate change brings warmer temperatures and dryer winters, the consequences of wildfires are not only more devastating, but the fire season is now months longer across much of the West.

Each column, a new author will feature an article from one of the International Code Council (ICC) building, fire, mechanical, plumbing, residential (one and two family), energy conservation, and ...

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 ...

After Category 5 Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Fla., in 2018, there was a dramatic contrast in destruction: homes built at or beyond state building codes still stood, whereas many of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PARADISE, Calif. — The sky was turning orange and the embers were flying from the Camp Fire when Oney and Donna Carrell and Donna’s father sped away from ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Paul Steinweg’s name. One year after the Summit Sustainable Building Code was implemented by Summit County and most towns, ...

King Hammurabi of Babylonia enacted the first known building codes. The first known written building code was enacted by King Hammurabi in Babylon in 1758 B.C. Literally written in stone, the harsh ...