Alabama ranked 16th among 18 hurricane-prone states in a survey by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety that looked at building codes and the durability of homes. The group ranked ...

Following a series of devastating tornadoes that ripped through Alabama on April 27th, the state is preparing to implement the first statewide building code for residential structures. Although hailed ...

- and the International Property Maintenance Code. All but one hadn’t been updated since 2012; the fuel gas code is completely new to the city law books. The codes adopted by the city were all ...

Nearly half of the states along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts received a poor rating from an insurance industry group that evaluated building codes and enforcement in hurricane-prone areas. Texas, ...