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 ...

The San Francisco Department of Building Inspections released a report today showing that the majority of housing code violations reported in the Mission District between 2014 and 2015 were corrected.

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 ...

Once drywall comes down, you are no longer in a cosmetic project, you are in the middle of an electrical job that building ...

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 ...

MYRTLE BEACH — Strict building codes and regular fire inspections is what the city of Myrtle Beach relies on to prevent the collapse of any of its high rises similar to the one that collapsed June 24 ...

AMBULANCES AND POLICE IN MY LIFE ALL AT ONCE. IT LOOKS LIKE 9/11. >> SHOCKED FROM WITNESSES FOR AFTER A BEACHSIDE BUILDING COLLAPSES IN SOUTH FOR THE THURSDAY MORNING. >> WITHOUT KNOWING THE HISTORY ...