If you’ve ever had this conversation in a parking lot— ·       Contractor: “My 4-foot level shows 1.8%. We’re good.” ·       CASp: “My 2-foot digital level reads 2.3%. That’s a violation.” —you’ve run into a core problem in accessibility enforcement: the codes give us hard slope numbers , but they say nothing about the length of the level we’re supposed to use to prove them. That gap is exactly where owners, builders, and CASps start arguing. This article puts all of that int

Effective January 1, 2026 If you're building or managing multifamily residential housing in California, there's an important update you need to know about. The 2025 California Building Code Chapter 11A includes a significant scoping change that became effective on January 1, 2026. This guide explains exactly what changed from 2022 to 2025 in simple, easy-to-understand language. Complete List of 2025 11A CBC Section Changes Here's the official list of sections that changed fro

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