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California recently enacted new building codes that allow for high-rise mass-timber buildings to be constructed in the state. California’s adoption of new provisions enables mass timber structures of ...

As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles and to tackle a housing shortage across the state, a new addition may be coming to California’s building code: A pause ...

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California weighs single-stair apartments above three stories, aiming to address housing costs and urban infill challenges.

New California building codes have been enacted that would allow for high-rise mass-timber buildings to be constructed in the state. The ruling came as new construction and applications for ...

In the mid-1980s, Jim and Ann Pesout fell in love with 10 acres of forest in Northern California’s Calaveras County. They bought the land and started building a house. “It took us two years. We ...

I'm preparing to run CAT5e through my crawlspace and through some walls. I'd like to do it to code if I can. I'd like to know what is required before I buy materials (to figure out if I need plenum ...

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