A look at the stair-building process and the details that help keep the work code-compliant. Focused on practical ...

For decades, it has been an axiom of construction: To reduce the danger from fire, a multifamily apartment building needs two stairwells. But a growing body of evidence is sparking a hot debate over ...

States and cities are debating building code changes—like single-stair apartments and relaxed electrical/fire rules—to reduce ...

A new Colorado law was passed in 2025 mandating cities with over 100,000 residents to modify their building codes to remove the requirement for the construction of duplicative or second staircases in ...

To lay out a set of stair stringers from scratch requires a little math, but not much. Equally important is some quiet time to run the numbers and at the same time to think about the construction ...