/tags/building-codes building codes en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:05:13 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2025-02-20/exclusive-trump-administration-drops-work-on-stronger-building-codes-for-disasters To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump Administration has pulled them back. Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:05:13 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2025-02-20/exclusive-trump-administration-drops-work-on-stronger-building-codes-for-disasters Lauren Sommer /transportation-development/2024-01-08/homes-hurricane-damage-roof Roofs built after 2015 survived Hurricane Ian better than older roofs, even those on older homes. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:00:00 GMT /transportation-development/2024-01-08/homes-hurricane-damage-roof Alex Harris | Miami Herald /environment/2023-10-09/florida-population-hurricane-losses-building-codes Florida leads the nation in strict building codes. But a new report suggests that all those hard-won gains have been undermined by the explosion of growth along the coast. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-10-09/florida-population-hurricane-losses-building-codes Alex Harris | Miami Herald /news/2023-01-30/state-commission-wants-to-roll-back-a-key-part-of-post-surfside-condo-safety-law-lawmakers-are-not-so-sure The Florida Building Commission says there is no reason they see to treat coastal and inland buildings differently. That was a key idea behind the post-Surfside law that passed in 2022. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:51:35 GMT /news/2023-01-30/state-commission-wants-to-roll-back-a-key-part-of-post-surfside-condo-safety-law-lawmakers-are-not-so-sure Daniel Rivero /news/2022-04-14/florida-elected-officials-say-legislature-must-pass-statewide-building-safety-law Lawmakers wrapped up the regular 2022 Florida legislative session in March without passing a bill that would create a statewide standard for ensuring that residential buildings are safe to live in. Some elected officials gathered April 14, 2022, at the site of the former Champlain Towers South on Collins Avenue in Surfside to express urgency for a new law in Florida. Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:38:33 GMT /news/2022-04-14/florida-elected-officials-say-legislature-must-pass-statewide-building-safety-law Verónica Zaragovia /2021-08-31/covid-19-antibody-treatment-bocas-new-building-code-and-sugar-growers-sue-over-everglades The governor is touting the monoclonal antibody treatment but is it safe and is it effective? Boca Raton recently enacted the strictest building inspection code in the state. Plus, a battle over the Everglades between sugar companies and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:54:48 GMT /2021-08-31/covid-19-antibody-treatment-bocas-new-building-code-and-sugar-growers-sue-over-everglades Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /2021-08-06/masks-in-broward-schools-browards-building-recertification-backlog-and-an-update-on-haiti Broward school board member discusses the possibility of a mask requirement for students, The South Floirda Sun Sentinel analyzes building recerification in Broward and the latest in the investigation into the Haitian president's assassination. Fri, 06 Aug 2021 21:01:55 GMT /2021-08-06/masks-in-broward-schools-browards-building-recertification-backlog-and-an-update-on-haiti Andrea Perdomo /news/2021-07-29/boca-raton-takes-first-steps-to-make-building-inspection-requirements-stricter The city of Boca Raton is proposing a 30-year building recertification code that will be checked every 10 years after. The move comes after last month's collapse at the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside. Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:29:46 GMT /news/2021-07-29/boca-raton-takes-first-steps-to-make-building-inspection-requirements-stricter Wilkine Brutus /2021-06-29/miami-dade-housing-flagged-in-audit-after-surfside-latin-americas-connection-to-the-tragedy Day six of search and rescue in Surfside and Miami-Dade has identified new buildings with overdue concerns that need to be addressed. Tue, 29 Jun 2021 22:18:38 GMT /2021-06-29/miami-dade-housing-flagged-in-audit-after-surfside-latin-americas-connection-to-the-tragedy Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /news/2019-11-12/floridas-building-code-doesnt-take-sea-rise-into-account-that-could-change-this-year The last time the Florida building code changed, it required any new construction along the coast to elevate buildings a whole foot. Just three years… Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:40:42 GMT /news/2019-11-12/floridas-building-code-doesnt-take-sea-rise-into-account-that-could-change-this-year ALEX HARRIS