Stairs become more hazardous with age. Visual changes make depth judgment harder. Balance is not what it once was. Muscles ...

As fans inside PPG Paints Arena celebrated a second Penguins goal, Abby Kendall was watching a nightmare unfold.

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If your stair railing is old, dysfunctional, not to code, or simply not to your taste, you may have considered changing it ...

A bill passed last year - which changed the state’s building code to create a pathway for new housing - is now at risk. The ...

What do stairs have to do with California’s housing crisis? More than you might think, say many local policymakers. Cities across the state have been considering building code changes to allow new ...

Guardrails and balconies are no longer just functional safety features—they’ve evolved into key architectural elements. With the need to blend functionality with aesthetics, designers and builders now ...

GRANDVIEW, Mo. — New details are emerging concerning Wednesday’s collapse of a staircase at a Grandview apartment complex. On Thursday, a city codes enforcement officer determined that those stairs ...

Nashville's "smart stair" building code became official earlier in July, after it had passed the Metro Nashville Council. The change allows apartment and condo buildings to be built with a single ...

Dear Heloise: We live in a trilevel house and have seven steps going up and seven steps going down. My husband installed a second handrail opposite the one that was already there on both sets of steps ...

Dear Heloise: We live in a trilevel house and have seven steps going up and seven steps going down. My husband installed a second handrail opposite the one that was already there on both sets of steps ...