With Harford County Council Bill 11-51 enacted into law, any new one- and two-family dwellings will now have to be built with automatic residential fire sprinkler systems. The bill was an update to ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, the town of Frisco will be adopting the 2012 International Building Construction Codes for all new projects starting after the New Year. “The town has adopted the 2012 codes to ...

Final action hearings for ICC’s Energy Conservation Code, energy section of Residential Code; a special building tour hands-on learning experience are scheduled for ICC’s annual conference. WASHINGTON ...

The International Code Council (ICC) recently published the 2012 International Residential Code (IRC) that includes improved code requirements for balanced intake and exhaust for ventilated attics, ...

I was going to write about how little I miss the ISH-North America Show, but then we received some exciting news. I'll get back to this at the end of this column. Proponents of residential fire ...

The Louisville Board of Mayor and Aldermen passed four ordinances, two on the second reading and two for the first reading, at Town Hall Tuesday night. Ordinances passed on the second reading ...

Olive Branch officials are expected next week to adopt an updated building code that dictates standards for residential construction within the city. The board tabled consideration of the 2012 ...

Whenever we think of building codes as they relate to HVAC, we typically think of the dilution of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as controlling mold growth through high-end fresh air ...