The International Code Council (ICC) announced the guide of a newly revised reference book addresses smoke management in the 2006 International Building Code (IBC). This book creates a bridge between ...

In last week's blog post, which I did not post here on the Star Tribune, I mentioned that there is an upcoming seminar for Minnesota home inspectors, being taught by building code guru Douglas Hansen ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- The City Council is pondering a switch to the most recent set of International Building Codes, which would mandate, among other things, that single-family homes be outfitted with ...

SFRC—typically used for crack control in footings, piles, slabs, walls, beams, columns and roofs—is not yet in the seismic building code. For permitting, Kopczynski applied for use of the SFRC under ...