“Stacked Decks: Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality” published this month. (Images courtesy University of Chicago Press) This is your first of three free stories this month.

If you thought you wouldn’t have to get an inspection for your brand-new house, think again. This massive building inspection fail shows even a new home needs a good pair of eyes on it. Texas-based ...

One of the country’s largest building control firms Assent has ceased trading sending shockwaves through the industry. The ...

SAFEbuilt, a national leader in community development and building department services, announced the continued expansion of ...

All eyes were on Bernie Curran today at the Phillip Burton Federal Building as he received his sentence of 12 months and a day in prison, with two years of probation and an order to pay restitution.