Worcester could temporarily stop following a specialized stretch code aimed at reducing emissions from new buildings. City ...

For the first time, the State Department has added formal dress code guidance to its Foreign Affairs Manual, setting attire ...

Fire officials and pro-density urbanists are often at loggerheads. This is especially evident in notoriously car-centric Los Angeles, where a firefighters’ union spent six figures opposing active ...

Firefighters respond to a five-alarm fire in a row of apartment buildings in Queens, N.Y., on Jan. 6. (Gardiner Anderson/New York Daily News/TNS) A New Year’s celebration in the Swiss Alps turned ...

Bend may be the next city in Oregon to require home builders to use fire-resistant materials in new construction. The Bend City Council mostly supported that prospect in a work session last week, and ...

TUPELO — 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 ...

Lawmakers are poised to repeal a 2024 law that would have changed state building code to allow only one stairway as an exit in some residential buildings, following opposition from Connecticut fire ...

Construction of mixed-use buildings at 808 and 848 Chapel St. in New Haven will bring over 160 apartments to downtown New Haven. State officials are considering changing means of egress rules in the ...

The Board of Supervisors will hold a Public Hearing for proposed Local Law No. 1 of 2026, at 10:40 a.m., Monday, March 9, in the Supervisors’ Chambers, in the County Office Building, located at 5 ...

New York City is aligning its building code to be more closely aligned with international model standards and state requirements. January 30, 2026 New York City has made a major change in its approach ...