Source: Building Connections

On the first day of May at a warehouse in SODO, Mayor Katie Wilson cut the wood ribbon with a chainsaw to celebrate the opening of the Salvage Lumber … [Read more...] about Seattle’s Salvage Lumber Warehouse is Now Open

Our Code Compliance Inspectors play a key role in keeping Seattle’s housing safe. Most inspections are complaint based, meaning we respond when … [Read more...] about How Housing Inspections Protect Tenants: Complaint‑Based Enforcement and What We Look For

As warmer weather arrives, our code enforcement inspectors are seeing a sharp increase in overgrown vegetation affecting sidewalks, rights‑of‑way, and … [Read more...] about Seasonal Vegetation Overgrowth – What We’re Seeing This Season

The FBI has issued a warning about a nationwide phishing scam in which criminals impersonate city and county planning and zoning officials to solicit … [Read more...] about FBI Warns Criminals Impersonating City and County Officials

We’ve made meaningful progress this year to support housing, improve services, and strengthen our permitting and regulatory systems. We advanced … [Read more...] about SDCI’s 2025 Accomplishments

The Lab at Seattle City Light – City Light’s education and training resource for efficient electrification – wants feedback from contractors like you! … [Read more...] about The Lab at Seattle City Light wants your feedback!: Help inform future offerings

Tips Updated Pulled from Circulation … [Read more...] about May Publication Updates

Join us on June 8 at 12 PM for a free webinar, Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standards & Seattle Energy Code for existing buildings: What … [Read more...] about Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standards & Seattle Energy Code Webinar

SDCI reviews construction permit applications to ensure that they meet safety, environmental, land use, and other requirements.  The application … [Read more...] about New Construction Permit Timeline Tool

SDCI’s Renting in Seattle program offers free quarterly training for housing providers. Join us for the next Landlord Workshop on Wednesday, May … [Read more...] about Free Landlord Workshop

Every May, Building Safety Month, led by the International Code Council, highlights the people, practices, and policies that keep our communities … [Read more...] about Seattle’s URM Retrofit Database: Mapping URMs and Improving Building Safety 

SDCI proudly recognizes May as Building Safety Month. Building Safety Month is an international campaign led by the International Code Council to … [Read more...] about May is Building Safety Month