Somerset County entering codes enforcement, plans 'third-party' role between inspector, communities

Somerset County has hired a third-party building code inspection agency, setting up the county as a "go-between" linking the ...
Firefighter Nation

New vs. Existing Building Inspections

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 ...
Hazleton Standard Speaker

Beaver Meadows to conduct own code inspections

BEAVER MEADOWS — The borough will be doing its own building code inspections in late 2020. Monday night, council received a letter from Joseph P. Marchioni Jr., assistant director of the Bureau of ...
NBC4 Columbus

Fire code inspections could help prevent disaster

OAKLAND, CA (WCMH/AP) – Thirty-six people have died after a warehouse fire in Oakland, Calif. this weekend, but the search continues for more bodies inside the wreckage. The building, known locally as ...
Firehouse

Code Enforcement Without the Code

Code enforcement has become extremely technical and requires code officials to have many skills. These skills include the understanding of codes and standards, communication, interpersonal, time ...
Firefighter Nation

Building Fire Codes

Each column, a new author will feature an article from one of the International Code Council (ICC) building, fire, mechanical, plumbing, residential (one and two family), energy conservation, and ...
Post and Courier

Myrtle Beach relies on strict building codes, fire inspections to prevent high-rise collapse

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 ...