Editorial Overview

Building Safety Journal

The International Code Council’s Building Safety Journal features technical articles relevant to current trends, perspective pieces on emerging industry professionals, and relevant news and resources within the industry. The online public journal is read by code and fire officials, architects, engineers, builders, contractors, inspectors, plan reviewers, permit technicians, design professionals and more.

The Building Safety Journal features five different types of articles: Deep Dives, Technical Topics, Personal Perspectives, Member Features and Quick Hits. A brief run-down of each (including word count) is below.

  • Deep Dives: Longer, analytical articles of 1,500 to 2,500 words that explore the core concepts behind an issue.
  • Technical Topics: Practical articles of 600 to 1,500 words that detail technical content.
  • Personal Perspectives: Stories of professionals at work, ranging from 600 to 1,200 words, which include interviews, essays, first-hand accounts and reported profiles.
  • Member News: Short, informative articles of 300 to 600 words that focus on news and events featuring and/or focusing on Code Council members, chapters and regions.
  • Quick Hits: Short, informative articles of 300 to 600 words that feature key takeaways.

The Code Council edits all submissions for clarity, grammar and organization (following standard AP guidelines). Any accompanying images or artwork need to be high-resolution images (at least 1920 x 1200 pixels, 300 dpi). Captions and/or descriptions should accompany photos and/or graphics, including any photo credit and/or copyright.

The purpose is to educate, not promote. With that in mind, please omit specific product mentions and only discuss product innovations in terms of generic technological advances that impact the user. Technical articles undergo review by the Code Council's Codes & Technical Services division and content may be declined near a code development cycle where code changes related to the article topic are under consideration. Any International Codes section or table references must be from current editions. When citing statistics, facts, reports and sources please include a link for reader reference.

To submit an article for consideration in the Building Safety Journal, please visit our Submissions page.

To advertise in the Building Safety Journal, please view our Visibility Prospectus for opportunities, pricing, ad details and contact information.

 

BSJ Weekly

The BSJ Weekly is the International Code Council's digital newsletter that is distributed to more than 40,000 subscribers every Thursday.

To submit an announcement (20 to 150 words) for consideration in the BSJ Weekly, please visit our Submissions page.

To advertise in the BSJ Weekly, please view our Visibility Prospectus for opportunities, pricing, ad details and contact information.

Please note the BSJ Weekly will not be delivered on the following 2025 dates:

  • Jan. 2 (New Year’s Day) 
  • Jan. 9 
  • Feb. 20 (Presidents’ Day) 
  • April 24 (Spring break) 
  • May 29 (Memorial Day) 
  • July 3 (Independence Day) 
  • Sept. 4 (Labor Day) 
  • Oct. 23 (Annual Conference)  
  • Nov. 27 (Thanksgiving) 
  • Dec. 25 (Holiday break)