Update: FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Funding
This article gives an update on FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Funding and discusses what the International Code Council is doing to help.

In April 2025, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) halted funding for the Building Resilience Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.   While the program remains on hold, individual states and members…

Video Update: NIST Shares Hypotheses on Cause of Surfside Condo Collapse
As NIST reveals more findings in its investigation of the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South, the International Code Council is in the process of converting Guideline 7 (created in response to the Surfside tragedy) to ICC Standard 1500.

The National Construction Safety Team (NCST), part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has published a comprehensive video update detailing its ongoing investigation into the partial collapse…