Direct access to codes ... the National Building Code of Canada 2020 (NBC). It contains information and suggested approaches to certain design questions related to structural sufficiency such as limit ...

Southern California neighborhoods were struck by four earthquakes on Sunday afternoon. Residents of Westlake Village and Malibu in Los Angeles county felt the jolt of earthquakes ranging from 2 ...

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) – The exterior design of a naval base in San Diego County, especially when viewed from above, has generated controversy for several decades. Longtime San Diegans may ...

Sacramento, California – On February 26, 2025, the State of California adopted the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code® (IWUIC®) as the basis for Title 24, Part 7, 2025 California ...

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) – The exterior design of a naval base in San Diego County, especially when viewed from above, has generated controversy for several decades. Longtime San Diegans may already be ...

SAFTI FIRST has been a proponent for safer building construction in high fire risk areas for over thirty years. It began with code change proposals ... on the communities in the recent Southern ...

California building codes indeed require homes to be “hardened” from fires. The houses that will be rebuilt in Los Angeles will contain sprinkler systems and use fire-resistant materials like ...