People often refer to inspections in generic terms–and in so doing, get the entire concept of code enforcement mixed up. An inspection is an inspection, right? The answer is no. For those involved in ...

Broward and Miami-Dade building code officials are struggling to make code changes in the wake of the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside. Task force board members in both counties have ...

This photo shows sheathing on under-construction homes in Wake County. House Bill 488 prevents local governments from requiring builders to have sheathing, which ties a home’s frame together, ...

With rescue efforts suspended at the disastrous condominium collapse in Miami, residents across the area are flooding local governments with the same question: could it happen here? Santa Monica ...

ALBANY -- Many rental-apartment inspections are languishing more than a year behind schedule while code officials are not inspecting most large commercial buildings at all, in violation of state law, ...

– The International Code Council recently published “Recommended Practices for Remote Virtual Inspections,” a guideline document that governmental jurisdictions should consider for an effective and ...

When: Leacock Township Board of Supervisors meeting, May 19. Supervisor Carl Smucker was absent. What happened: Two builders attended the meeting asking that the township appoint alternate ...