#BuildingCode
There's a Department of Labor and Industry meeting at 1pm, but the Single Egress Report is now live!
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#SingleStair #SingleEgress #BuildingCode #MNleg
dli.mn.gov
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Very interested in this project. As we change building code to allow safer and more affordable family homes in more urban areas, we are finding that the old zoning does not make as much sense. #zoning #buildingcode #design #singlestair #housing https://bsky.app/profile/lanefab.com/post/3m7jcaexii22y
December 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/new-vancouver-building-rules-dec-2025.aspx “Modernizing our building rules is about making practical, forward-thinking changes that protect people and support more housing options” #Vancouver #housing #design #buildingcode #singlestair #firesafety
New Vancouver building rules aim to improve safety and housing supply
Vancouver approves new space-saving stair designs and Abandoned and Vacated Buildings By-law.
vancouver.ca
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
https://www.centerforbuilding.org/publication/beyond-zoninghidden-code-barriers-to-middle-scale-housing “communities are also finding that simply allowing a fourplex on paper does not guarantee that one will be built” #zoning #missingmiddle #housing #shortage #buildingcode
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🏠 Does your candidate support changing the Building Code to make new housing accessible? ♿

It's time to push for changes in Ontario's Building Code to ensure all new housing is accessible to all. 💪🌍

#AccessibleHousing #BuildingCode 🦽🏡
@torontoraginggrans.bsky.social @davidlepofsky.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
While academic interest among #urbanplanning experts on #singlestair #housing #buildingcode reform has been low, I was interested to learn about dual planning and architecture Masters student Emily Pressprich's dual theses on this topic. Here is the planning one […]
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September 11, 2024 at 7:41 PM
April 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Massachusetts just took a significant step towards enhancing fire safety in homes with a new bill on automatic sprinkler systems!

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#MA #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #FirePrevention #BuildingCode
Massachusetts House Bill 2644 Introduces New Standards for Automatic Sprinkler Systems
Bill clarifies automatic sprinkler system requirements for residential buildings in Massachusetts.
citizenportal.ai
September 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This webinar will provide a look at the key elements of the latest version of the #IECC2024, with short detours into the new 2024 IRC, so attendees will leave feeling confident designing, building, and inspecting to the latest #BuildingCode requirements.

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December 23, 2024 at 3:41 PM
“Aside from creating better architecture, it has cost savings and it’s safe” #design #architecture #buildingcode #infill
October 24, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Washington State is gearing up to revolutionize home construction with a new Energy Rating Index pathway that could reshape energy efficiency standards!

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#WA #CitizenPortal #EnergyEfficiency #BuildingCode #SustainableConstruction
Washington State proposes new Energy Rating Index compliance path for 2024 building code
The proposal aims to integrate an Energy Rating Index pathway into Washington's 2024 building code.
citizenportal.ai
June 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Very close to finished on my "More Affordable Elevators" code proposal for not especially accessible #virginia. I am including an example of a recent apartment development near me that chose to offer no elevator service in 80% of new residential buildings. #accessibility #buildingcode #housing
June 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In a crucial decision for fire safety, the TAG has opted for a more conservative approach to fire separation distances for multiplex homes, prioritizing protection in the face of increasing urban density.

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#WA #CitizenPortal #FireSafety #EmergencyResponders #BuildingCode
TAG opts for IRC's more conservative fire-separation table and adopts detailed egress protections for single-exit multiplexes
The TAG debated fire-separation distances and means-of-egress protections for sprinklered multiplex housing and decided to reference the IRC Table R302.1(1) (more conservative IRC table) for fire-separation distances while approving detailed guidance on corridors, stairs, door ratings and travel distances for single-exit designs.
citizenportal.ai
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Latest #EarthStar post on how California building codes made the #LAfires worse and how to rebuild smarter. #urbanplanning #buildingcode #solarpunk #fire #nativeplants

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Post Disaster Rebuild Resilient Not Toxic
Structural Combustibility: How California's Building Codes Fuel Toxic Infernos and Paths to Earthen Alternatives
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February 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The proposed #AODA Education standard that's been reviewed but not adopted, would prevent all the expensive & needless discriminatory & accessibility barriers this money will create

#AccessibleCanada #ONelxn #Elxn2025 #onpoli #AODAfail #disability #accessibility #BuildingCode #discrimination #bias
January 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Nova Scotia adopts the 2020 National Fire Code on April 1, enhancing fire safety rules for homes and businesses.

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#NovaScotia #FireSafety #BuildingCode
Province to Adopt 2020 National Fire Code
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March 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Massachusetts is stepping up its game with a new resilience code to combat climate risks in building and residential standards!

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#MA #CitizenPortal #SustainabilityInitiatives #BuildingCode
Massachusetts develops municipal opt-in resilience code for climate risk mitigation
Bill mandates new resilience code addressing climate risks in state building and residential codes
citizenportal.ai
September 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I’d quibble with the #history here (no mention of my guy Veiller and his moral crusade against prostitution, drinking, gambling, and pornography through banning multifamily housing) but there is a somewhat sanitized background here on the strange and unique “international” #buildingcode process […]
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cville.online
October 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
It is early days but there is an effort to organize to permit more affordable and accessible homes with elevators in North America https://elevatorreform.org #buildingcode #accessibility #housing #elevator #shortage #ada #nationalcoalitionforelevatorreform
ElevatorReform.org
Where to take action on the latest updates for elevator reform.
elevatorreform.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This Kind Of Smart, Walkable, Mixed-use Urbanism Is Illegal To Build In Most American Cities.

#SingleStair #Silo #BuildingCode
November 18, 2024 at 4:17 PM