Government codes and regulations are designed to ensure maximum safety of a building's future inhabitants as well as the construction crews that work on them. State and local governments abide by the ...

UF's first green roof, built in 2007, spans 2,600 square feet atop the Charles R. Perry Construction Yard. (Jake Black / WUFT News) Sustainable roofing practices are spreading throughout the United ...

Architects, building owners and developers in Chicago are all going to start looking up this summer — toward the roof, that is. Some of the most drastic changes in the new building codes the Chicago ...