Oct. 6—The city of Abilene is in the process of updating their building and fire codes to the International Code Council's 2018 codes with some amendments. While the majority of the codes pertain to ...

There’s a lot to building a deck. And if you want to build your own deck or renovate one, you’ll find much of the advice centers on building codes and topics like laying out floor joists or how to lay ...

Building departments often hear that codes are too stringent, officials too picky, inspections too frequent and the whole process too complicated. But when there’s a crowd on your new deck (or several ...