SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The California Building Standards Commission voted in mid-March to rescind its July 29, 2003, decision by an 8-2 vote to select the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA ...

The tool is a robust, cloud-based tracking collaboration and voting system cdpACCESS saves time and money while providing a single portal for code officials and other interested persons to stay on top ...

The International Code Council is proposing a drastic and controversial change that would streamline the development process for its model International Energy Conservation Code, basing it instead on ...

The International Code Council (ICC) has published new requirements for carbon monoxide (CO) detection and revised requirements for smoke detectors. These provisions are covered in the ICC’s ...

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 ...

Public meetings on building codes are typically subdued. Which is why Glenn Corbett, a fire-safety expert at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, found it both satisfying and ...

This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The private consortium that oversees the model building codes for much of the United ...