The city of Vancouver may alter its building codes so developers could cut the cost of constructing smaller apartments.

Modern engineering practices explicitly design concrete to be more resilient to earthquakes, but older buildings predate such ...

Vancouver, Canada’s third largest metropolitan area, has the country’s highest seismic risk. Recent simulations suggest that existing models used to develop current building codes have underestimated ...

The goal of making it easier for people to age in place led to amendments to Vancouver, B.C.’s building code including banning doorknobs in favor of lever handles. There are also changes to how ...