Firefighters and builders are at odds over a new-to-Rhode Island corner of the housing-affordability debate: stairs. Citing the spiraling cost of construction, a group of developers and urbanists ...

Building owners often direct security integrators to lock the stairwell doors on the stair side to prevent unauthorized entry into tenant spaces. The term “stairwell reentry” refers to the code ...

The B.C. government has announced changes to the province's building code that will allow buildings up to six storeys to have one exit stairwell instead of two. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said in a ...