For more than seven years, UpCodes has been making the complicated world of building codes easier to understand for people like industry professionals and homeowners. Its platform includes a ...

Building codes usually come up in the context of safety – a properly constructed building can help prevent injury or death from fires, earthquakes, and extreme weather. But they’re also essential for ...

The majority of construction requires a Department of Buildings permit. Typically, any construction project that alters major building systems, such as electrical, plumbing, HVAC, or structural, ...

UpCodes, a startup that develops building-code compliance tools, announced today it has raised $3.36 million in pre-Series A funding. This brings its total raised so far to $4.15 million. The new ...

Repeat offenders who break the county's rules around illegal signs, building permits or trash could be forced to pay as much as $500 a day for their violations due to an ordinance update.

LP Building Solutions has launched LP BurnGuard Fire-Retardant-Treated Oriented Strand Board, the first commercialized ...

Red Oak officials have taken the first step towards updating the city's building permit and fee structure. By a 3-2 vote at its regular meeting Monday evening, the Red Oak City Council approved the ...

ADVOCACY group CitizenWatch Philippines on Wednesday urged the Senate to amend the National Building Code, arguing that broadband connectivity should be a mandatory standard in all new construction.

IF Chicago can do it, any city can. That is what students of the construction industry are thinking about Chicago’s achievement, after a fiveyear civic struggle, in enacting a modern building code.

Bessemer city leaders have approved new building height regulations for industrial developments, impacting the controversial ...