Emergency managers touted the cost-effectiveness of more resilient buildings, but keeping up with the latest codes is a struggle for some local governments and homebuilders. …The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s recent push for states and localities to adopt more disaster-resilient building codes took center stage at a hearing held last week by federal lawmakers. FEMA funds building code adoption and enforcement through its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, or BRIC, and accounts for the strength of a community’s building codes when deciding on grant awards. Through its Public Assistance program, the agency also encourages communities to adopt and enforce hazard-resistant building codes in the wake of major disasters. …According to FEMA projections, the nation would avoid more than $600 billion in losses from floods, hurricanes and earthquakes by 2060 if all future buildings met the current edition of the International Code Council’s I-Codes.