A first-of-its-kind study by the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows that modern building codes are averting $1 billion a year in structural damage in California and Florida, the nation's most ...

With FIU’s Wall of Wind (WoW) as a backdrop, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced a new initiative by the Biden-Harris administration to modernize building codes, improve climate resilience ...

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, ...

Miami-Dade County has some of the strongest building codes in the world, designed to withstand the punishing 150 mph winds of Category 5 storms like Hurricane Andrew, which hit 30 years ago and ...

Cob construction has been used for thousands of years, but modern building codes have yet to catch up. Ziggy Liloia was the lead builder of this cob cottage at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Missouri.

Code reviews must be performed before any and all construction is performed on any of UB's campuses. Building codes are the minimum design and construction requirements to ensure safe, accessible ...