building code

American  

[bild-ing kohd] / ˈbɪld ɪŋ ˌkoʊd /

noun

• building codes
  plural

1. the set of regulations governing buildings in a particular jurisdiction, including such things as structural design, plumbing, electrical systems, and ventilation.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• building codes
  plural

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building code

Others were vulnerable because of shoddy construction amid rampant corruption that undermined an otherwise-strong building code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

A permit checked by AI against the building code might clear in an hour, expediting a potentially contentious application.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

What about the walls of the ballroom, which would also presumably need to meet a highly secure building code?

From Slate ● May 9, 2026

Single-stair apartments may be alien in much of the United States, but “represent a building more like Brooklyn or Seville or Berlin or Paris,” said Ed Mendoza, a building code policy researcher at California YIMBY.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2025

And they maintained “the most relaxed building code in all of Florida for construction methods and materials.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor