Building Codes

Building Codes

• Maine's new mandatory residential energy code will take effect in December

  "You really need to fill all the nooks and crannies," said Jerry Brown, assistant manager at Quality Insulation in Yarmouth.

   

• Green Home Building Guidelines Fade Out

  As the National Green Building Standard moves in, the Green Home Building Guidelines move out.

   

• Twin Cities man's effort to provide housing to homeless--regardless of building codes--stirs controversy

  Mar. 29--Dave Busch stomped up the wooden stairs in one of his rescued homes.

   

• Debate Over Sprinklers in New Homes Becomes a Hot Issue Across The Nation

  Georgia lawmakers this week rejected a residential sprinkler mandate.

   

• San Antonio Takes a Harder Line With Builders After Last Month's Hillside Collapse

  A “slope failure” at a Centex subdivision exposes lax enforcement of permitting procedures.

   

• Rebuilding Haiti Will Take More Than Just Money

  Habitat for Humanity official: Helping Haiti will require overcoming a government in shambles, rampant poverty and the absence of building codes.

   

• Sherman tightening building codes

  SHERMAN -- Additional inspections during construction and more stringent requirements for new-home specifications are among changes proposed to Sherman's building codes.

   

• Missouri Builders And Fire Service Officers Compromise On Sprinkler Installation

  “Mandatory option” requires builders to help educate customers about home safety.

   

• Wood-Framed Construction Gaining Ground for Taller Mid-Rises

  But going beyond six stories still raises questions in U.S.

   

• Several States Weighing Laws to Block Mandated Sprinkler Codes

  Local HBAs push hard in their support of measures that would keep sprinkler installation optional.

   

• Bargain Basements

  New building code standard, ACI 332, offers builders a better alternative for building concrete basement foundations.

   

• NAHB Codifies National Green Building Standard

  The formalized framework for green home certification, created in partnership with the International Code Council, is the first in the nation to receive ANSI approval.

   

• EPA Proposes Tougher Rules for Jobsite Stormwater Runoff

  NAHB says the strictest enforcement of new guidelines would add significantly to cost of new homes.

   

• EPA proposes tougher guidelines to manage jobsite stormwater runoff

  NAHB says the strictest enforcement of new rules would add significantly to the cost of new homes.

   

• NAHB Contests ICC Vote Mandating Fire Sprinklers

  The NAHB has filed an appeal to the ICC to set aside code changes mandating fire sprinklers in all new one- and two-family homes constructed under the 2009 International Residential Code.

   

• California Builders Work Together to Create More Stringent Green Building Codes

  Builders in the Golden State take a collaborative approach to new, more stringent building codes.

   

• International Code Council Votes to Include Fire Sprinklers in New Homes

  Nearly three-quarters of ICC approve new requirement; NAHB had opposed proposal, citing costs and other issues.

   

• National Green Building Standard has ANSI Approval

  The National Green Building Standard is anticipating ANSI approval. Now what?

   

• San Francisco Mayor Signs Stringent Green Building Bill

  Rigorous green building codes signed into law by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom mandate greater energy efficiency, water conservation, waste reduction, and lower carbon output in both new and renovated buildings.

   

• California’s Complicated New Green Building Code

  Get the facts on what the state’s new green building code will mean for home builders.