WASHINGTON — The International Code Council and its partners have released the International Green Construction Code, a comprehensive model green building code designed to rapidly advance green ...

WASHINGTON — The International Code Council (ICC) announced its 38th annual Building Safety Month theme will focus on how Building Codes Save Lives. Building Safety Month is an international campaign ...

Safer buildings--especially tall structures--that are more resistant to fire and more easily evacuated in emergencies are the goal of the first comprehensive set of building code changes recently ...

Green building and energy conservation are now more commonplace in the United States with State and Local Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) adopting some version of the International Code Council ...

The International Code Council (ICC) is revising its code development process to provide more in-depth scrutiny of code change proposals. The changes will take effect in 2024-2026 for the development ...

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 ...

An international group that develops building codes adopted by a wide swath of U.S. cities and counties abruptly pared back a plan to force new homes to be more climate-friendly. The International ...

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 ...

Though Trump doesn't necessarily get along with everyone on the United States Supreme Court, the nation's most famous courthouse would certainly be among his favorite pieces of neoclassical ...

“ICC-ES Evaluation Report ESR-3043 ensures building officials and the building industry that MiraTEC meets I-Code requirements,” ICC-ES President Shahin Moinian said. “Building departments have a long ...