Whether or not anything in your home is in fact "to code" is a mystery to most homeowners. Depending on the work that's been done over the years -- whether it's an air conditioning unit replacement, a ...

Mar. 21—The Cumberland County Commission approved an updated fee schedule for the residential and commercial building codes department with a life safety/occupancy inspection fee of $250. This is the ...

The Cole County Commission on Tuesday approved a building code inspection agreement with Centertown, making the village the last of the smaller communities within Cole County to do so. Cole County ...

People often refer to inspections in generic terms–and in so doing, get the entire concept of code enforcement mixed up. An inspection is an inspection, right? The answer is no. For those involved in ...

Homebuilders — always, everywhere, and all at once — face challenges when it comes to securing timely building inspections they require in their build cycles to “progress” and complete new homes for ...

WATERLOO -- New homes built in rural Black Hawk County will be subject to heating, electrical and plumbing inspections for the first time ever. While previous efforts to adopt such specialty ...

Unfortunately for two of the Three Little Pigs, there were no building codes or inspectors in their world of make-believe. If there had been, the pigs who built their homes of straw and sticks might ...