Mar. 21—The Cumberland County Commission approved an updated fee schedule for the residential and commercial building codes department with a life safety/occupancy inspection fee of $250. This is the ...

People often refer to inspections in generic terms–and in so doing, get the entire concept of code enforcement mixed up. An inspection is an inspection, right? The answer is no. For those involved in ...

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Once you open a ceiling, you are no longer just swapping tiles or chasing a leak. You are exposing the hidden infrastructure that keeps a building safe, and that can instantly move your project into ...

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Whether or not anything in your home is in fact "to code" is a mystery to most homeowners. Depending on the work that's been done over the years -- whether it's an air conditioning unit replacement, a ...