Q. I have to build a simple set of steps but I'm totally lost. I don't understand how to calculate what the distance should be for the risers and the treads. Everything about building steps seems ...

DEAR TIM: I have to build a simple set of steps but I’m totally lost. I don’t understand how to calculate what the distance should be for the risers and the treads. Everything about building steps ...

Vancouver City Council has approved City staff's modified concepts of a single-egress staircase residential building design.

The way B.C. builds it's apartments could change in the coming years. This is thanks to policy makers in the province considering the integration of single-egress stairs in apartment buildings, also ...