Gov. Jared Polis signed a suite of wildfire prevention and recovery-related bills Friday, clearing the way for the state to stand up a new emergency insurance plan, standardize fire-resistant building ...

Insurance Commissioner John Doak said look to California for improving building codes for earthquakes. City leaders could benefit for consumers by implementing new building codes for future ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47612) on Oct. 17, 2023, entitled "Building Resilience: FEMA's Building Codes Policies and ...

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 ...

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said building code enhancements for the state's coastal regions should be on the agenda when lawmakers eventually meet in a regular or special session in ...

For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

Windows at the Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston can withstand a 9-pound, 8-foot-long piece of 2x4 lumber flying at 54 miles per hour. Small gravel picked up by last May’s 100-mph derecho shattered ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Many new hospitals, schools, apartment buildings and other structures would be built with extra flood protection under a major revision to an international building code approved Friday.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - Nearly one year after state lawmakers passed House Bill 488, effectively banning building code updates, Gov. Roy Cooper and other leaders say it’s hurting North Carolina. Cooper ...

As California faces intensifying wildfire seasons and increasingly stringent building codes, Polyglass USA announces a major milestone in fire protection innovation.