Fatal collapses ignited interest in the safety of public-occupancy temporary structures, such as stages and tents, which have long been permitted by the fire department, not the building official. The ...

Fatal collapse of the stage at the Indiana State Fair in 2011 ignited interest in the safety of public-occupancy outdoor-event structures, which in many cases are not engineered to resist ...

Greg Kessinger is SD&I’s fire alarm and codes expert and a regular contributor. Email him your fire & life safety questions at [email protected]. You may be surprised how much NFPA 72’s chapter on ...

Building codes and local, state and federal laws can present a labyrinthine path to securing the approvals, permits and compliance with legislation required to commence construction of a new or ...

How long a review will take and what, if any, additional penalties property owners can expect is unclear as the city releases the inspection timeline at 241 Western Ave., which lacked a permit.

The Paducah City Commission introduced a proposed rental occupancy ordinance amendment Tuesday aimed at standardizing and ...