21 Minnesota counties enforce state building codes
21 Minnesota counties enforce state building codes Thursday marked one week since the deadly collapse of a 12-story condo in Surfside, which has prompted both questions and concerns across the country from residents questions their local building safety measures. "In Minnesota, we’re actually in a pretty good place because we do have a construction standard that does apply throughout the entire state," Scott McKown, the assistant director of the Construction Codes and Licensing Division at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, tells FOX 9. According to McKown, there are also statutes and rules in place that require buildings to be designed by professionals.