The recent LA fires drove home how dangerous wildfires can be when they encroach on urban areas. So-called 'wildland-urban interface' fires are on the rise. However, building codes and standards have ...

Large-scale fire events are on the rise, from the flames that raged for days across LA, to the widespread devastation seen in ...

Michael Femi Alley, founder and the principal architect of The Building Practice Limited with about 20 years of in-depth experience in the field of architecture, building construction, green building ...

The city of Washington is in the process of updating two ordinances. First readings of adopting the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) is scheduled for Thursday’s meeting of council along ...

While SCE and its parent company, Edison International, face the public glare ... and some jurisdictions' building and fire codes now require it. But bulldozing in existing neighborhoods or public ...

Penalty-free retirement distributions, casualty loss deductions and delayed tax filing and payments can all provide some short-term financial relief.

These six American fires led to change: political, legislative and geographic. Those tragedies helped shape the evolving story of the United States.

A consensus is emerging that traditional undergraduate education is falling short of preparing students for the workplace, ...

Steve has all the credentials you want as the fire chief,” said Barry Cheyne, chairman of the board. “(Steve) took the ...