Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration took a victory lap with developers and labor unions Tuesday afternoon to celebrate a seemingly esoteric policy: an update to the plumbing and fire codes. But the ...

The International Code Council recently revealed the updated versions of the International Plumbing Code and the International Mechanical Code. These revisions aim to improve community health and ...

This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly. Of the fifty largest cities in America, only Philadelphia and six other union-friendly urban centers still require the use of expensive, heavy metal pipes ...

WASHINGTON, DC –Today the city of Philadelphia modernized its plumbing code based on the 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC). The IPC is one of a family of correlated and coordinated codes ...

After postponing a vote on a new plumbing code two months while waiting for answer to one question, the Beaumont City Council finally made their decision. However, when they made the vote, they still ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) is considered the most applicable plumbing code in the United States by a majority of plumbing inspectors in the nation’s most populous cities ...

The city of Philadelphia has modernized its plumbing code based on the 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC). The IPC is one of a family of correlated and coordinated codes published by the ...

The 2012 Uniform Plumbing Code includes significant changes, with new provisions for alternative water sources for non-potable applications, rainwater catchment systems, plumbing facilities, and ...

After the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., University of Massachusetts Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy sent a mass email to students and faculty, assuring recipients that “hate has no ...