Last week, the state legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that puts a freeze on some residential building code updates, impacting energy efficiency and structural safety ...

The North Carolina Home Builders Association pushed for the bill after the Building Code Council spent two years considering updates. The homebuilders argued that requiring stricter standards for ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - When Kim Wooten sees the devastating videos of Helene’s destruction, she thinks about her five years serving on the North Carolina Building Code Council. Trickling ...

A new law passed in the North Carolina House strips authority from the state's Buliding Code Council, overriding the governor's veto. A new law passed in the North Carolina House strips authority ...

Roy Cooper’s veto, received attention previously for pausing an effort to overhaul North Carolina’s energy efficiency building code. It also updates North Carolina’s code to require that ...