The private consortium that oversees the model building codes for much of the United States and parts of the Caribbean and Latin America on Thursday stripped local governments of their right to vote ...

Last summer the Government introduced a National Model Design Code (NMDC). Inspired by the work of the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, its purpose was to address concerns over a ...

In the backdrop of the new developments and advancements in the construction sector, the revised National Building Code (NBC) that prescribes regulatory guidelines for development control rules, ...

More than two years after the National Institute of Standards and Technology released its 30 recommendations for improving the safety of tall buildings based on its post-9/11 investigation of the ...