Los Angeles may soon consider how to lower the cost of building apartments by allowing just one single stairway.

Also, the moves to change the building code follow the enactment in California last year of AB 835, which directs the State ...

All the single stair point access blocks: historical buildings in DC show how a single-stair structure can yield a range of benefits, both for what can be built and for residents’ quality of life.

A key topic this year was single-stair, or single-exit, structures, which Greg Rogers and Sean DeCrane wrote about in the May 2024 issue of Firehouse (“The Case Against Single-Exit-Stairwell ...

Assembly Bill No. 4972, which was introduced by Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese, would permit for municipalities to adopt an ordinance to allow a single exit stairway to serve a residential building ...

such as a lack of an alternative if the only exit is compromised, congestion in the single stair during firefighting, and the inability of first responders to access a fire floor without putting ...