The Commonwealth of Virginia has announced the start of the 2018 Virginia Codes update process. New this cycle is a requirement for a resiliency impact statement for each proposal in accordance with Governor Northam’s Executive Order 24. The cdpVAautomated online system will again be utilized to allow stakeholders to create code change proposals and to access additional information about the 2018 Virginia Code update process. The cdpVA system went active on February 18, 2019 and is now accepting proposal submittals.
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As you are aware the Pennsylvania Industrialized Housing Program will adopt the 2015 codes and 2014 NEC effective on April 1, 2019. As a reminder, please find the previous direction received from the state regarding the construction of homes to the 2009 codes once a manufacturer is certified to construct to the 2015 codes.(Read More..)
The following announcement as received from HCD. The California Building Standards Commission (CBSC), on behalf of the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), is providing notice of code changes intended for the 2019 California Building Standards Code, that were the subject of written comments from the initial 45-day public comment period that began on September 14, 2018, until 5 p.m. on October 29, 2018, (Read More..)
As received from HCD. Starting March 4, the Codes and Standards Main Office will be moving from 2020 West El Camino Avenue to:
Codes and Standards Main Office
9342 Tech Center Drive, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95826 (Read More..)
Please find the link to the February 2019 Engineering Newsletter from the North Carolina Department of Insurance. Highlights from the newsletter include a reminder that the 2018 NC Building Code was mandatory on all permitted projects as of Jan 1, 2019 (Read More..)
The following notification was received from NEMA. The Building Code Commission has proposed amendments to the following 8 regulations: SBC-1, SBC-2, SBC-3, SBC-4, SBC-5, SBC-6, SBC-8, and SBC-19. The Building Code Commission has also proposed the adoption of 1 new regulation, SBC-14 Swimming Pool and Spa. You can view all proposed regulations in the notification below. (Read More..)
The 2019 editions of the Alberta Building Code and Alberta Fire Code based on the 2015 editions of the National Building Code and National Fire Code were adopted in February 2019 by provincial regulation. Also adopted by regulation is the 2017 edition of the National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB). The new codes come into effect on April 1, 2019 and there is a transition period to facilitate transition to the new codes from the previous codes. In support of greater harmonization to the national codes, both the Alberta building and fire codes have also been renamed.(Read More..)