OAKLAND, CA (WCMH/AP) – Thirty-six people have died after a warehouse fire in Oakland, Calif. this weekend, but the search continues for more bodies inside the wreckage. The building, known locally as ...

BEAVER MEADOWS — The borough will be doing its own building code inspections in late 2020. Monday night, council received a letter from Joseph P. Marchioni Jr., assistant director of the Bureau of ...

People often refer to inspections in generic terms–and in so doing, get the entire concept of code enforcement mixed up. An inspection is an inspection, right? The answer is no. For those involved in ...

Code enforcement has become extremely technical and requires code officials to have many skills. These skills include the understanding of codes and standards, communication, interpersonal, time ...

Somerset County has hired a third-party building code inspection agency, setting up the county as a "go-between" linking the ...

Ahead of updating the city’s guiding documents and plans, Tupelo officials have agreed to revise its fire prevention and protection rules alongside its building regulations. The Tupelo City ...

With rescue efforts suspended at the disastrous condominium collapse in Miami, residents across the area are flooding local governments with the same question: could it happen here? Santa Monica ...

Center Township terminated its contract with ICOPD to work with TKL Code Inspection to oversee construction within the ...

This photo shows sheathing on under-construction homes in Wake County. House Bill 488 prevents local governments from requiring builders to have sheathing, which ties a home’s frame together, ...