In last week's blog post, which I did not post here on the Star Tribune, I mentioned that there is an upcoming seminar for Minnesota home inspectors, being taught by building code guru Douglas Hansen ...

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 ...

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, ...

Broward and Miami-Dade building code officials are struggling to make code changes in the wake of the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside. Task force board members in both counties have ...

HINCKLEY TOWNSHIP — Hinckley Township officials are moving to address a series of code violations at Town Hall after a recent ...

ALBANY -- Many rental-apartment inspections are languishing more than a year behind schedule while code officials are not inspecting most large commercial buildings at all, in violation of state law, ...

MYRTLE BEACH — Strict building codes and regular fire inspections is what the city of Myrtle Beach relies on to prevent the collapse of any of its high rises similar to the one that collapsed June 24 ...