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8 Children Die in Fire in Building with Code Violations

Posted on: August 28, 2018

Yesterday I had the privilege of teaching Advanced Legal Aspects of Code Enforcement for Property Maintenance Inspectors for the Missouri Association of Code Enforcement at Lake of the […]

Building Codes / Fire Prevention / Politics and building codes

Lack of sprinklers in residential high rises

Posted on: April 9, 2018

Failure to retrofit older residential high rises with sprinklers continues to be controversial given the recent publicity surrounding the death of a man because of a fire in […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention

Creative use of electrical boxes

Posted on: March 11, 2015

I was recently in Columbus, Ohio teaching a couple classes for a conference for OBOA and COCOA.  One of the attendees sent me a photograph of a magnetic […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Court cases / Fire Prevention / Law Enforcement and Codes / Liability / property maintenance

German architect sentenced to jail after firefighter dies

Posted on: January 18, 2014

Criminal prosecutions are rare in the field of building code enforcement but when there is a high profile death that results from shoddy construction, indictments do happen.  Recently […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / Ordinances / Politics / Politics and building codes / property maintenance / rental inspections

Cycle of complacency and outrage continues

Posted on: April 24, 2013

In my last couple of Tweets, I pointed inspectors to articles involving the explosion of the fertilizer plant in West Texas and a tragic fire in England.  It’s […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / Politics / Politics and building codes / training

Fire prevention in South Carolina

Posted on: March 17, 2012

One of the true joys of teaching around the country is that I learn so much from the people I meet.  My recent trip to South Carolina is […]

Fire Prevention

Greetings from South Carolina

Posted on: March 10, 2012

I am teaching this weekend  at the Southeastern Fire School in  Columbia, SC.  The campus here is incredible. Many of the training classes are taking place out of […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Court cases / Fire Prevention / property maintenance

Tip for the day: service of notices or citations

Posted on: February 16, 2012February 16, 2012

One of the constant problems I run into with defendants is trying to make sure proper service of notices or citations occurs.  Too frequently defendants refuse to accept […]

Building Codes / Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / Ordinances

Fire tragedy in high rise without sprinklers

Posted on: January 19, 2012January 19, 2012

A young woman lost her life in Chicago recently during a fire.  The fire began in a unit in a high rise apartment building, the residents fled the […]

Code Enforcement / Fire Prevention / Foreclosure / property maintenance / training

Healthy homes conference Part 6

Posted on: November 4, 2011November 9, 2011

At the Springfield conference, my topic was effective code enforcement programs. After hearing about all of the substantive issues involving healthy homes, it was really a privilege to […]

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