The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its landmark Building Codes Save: A National Study featuring an in-depth look at the quantified benefits — avoided losses to buildings and building contents — from adopting modern building codes and standards.

It goes without saying that the construction industry will not be the same as it was before the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) began closing down businesses in early 2020.

A relationship that began more than 50 years ago, in advancing building safety through coordinated and comprehensive building codes based on sound engineering principles, has strengthened due to an earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic, to forge a partnership in seismic resiliency and increasing our ability to respond to natural disasters.

Roughly 6.5 million Americans are on a construction site every single day. According to data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the construction industry is one of the deadliest globally, accounting for 21 percent of all workplace fatalities.

Thousands of residents living in U.S. coastal communities will be affected by sea rise by 2045 and Florida is in the crosshairs of climate change.

In this special edition episode, we are joined by special guest Ken O’Dell, S.E. who is a California Structural Engineer, the President of the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California and a Principal of California based MHP Structural Engineers. In light of the Searles Valley Earthquakes, O’Dell discusses his work related to seismic activity and shares insight on seismic design provisions in the building code.

In this episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast, Catherine Vinson, Code Council Vice President of Customer Success invites Joan O’Neil, Code Council Chief Knowledge Officer, to talk about the association's digital transformation strategy.