Developer Waldo Jaquith has launched a public beta of Virginia Decoded, an astonishingly user-friendly presentation of his home state’s code. It’s the first iteration of Jaquith’s open-government ...

Snowmass will re-address its wildfire mitigation code in the coming months, looking to expand upon recent state mandates. The state in June drafted a Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code requiring all ...

In November 2011, industry consultant Robert DuPont urged the head of the newly created state Department of Safety and Professional Services to continue the state's tradition of using advisory ...

A new federal analysis gives all but a handful of states the lowest possible rating on the quality of their building codes, showing a widespread failure to protect people against windstorms and ...