Please find the following notice as received by Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). The State of Michigan’s new code cycle for commercial structures has gone into effect on January 4, 2019. No structure shall be approved or labeled on previous code cycles plan reviews as of the effective date. Exception: Any premanufactured unit signed under contract before the code cycle effective date will be allowed to be constructed under the code in the effect on that date. Such structures (Read More..)
Please find the following January 2019 issue of the Maryland Register: Highlights include a notice of proposed action. The Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and regulation and the Secretary of housing and community development jointly proposed a code update to the 2018 I-codes and the 2017 NEC (page 10 of 16). The proposal is currently available for public comment until February 4, 2019. Comments may be emailed to Mischelle F Vanreusel at Mischelle.vanreusel@maryland.gov. (Read More..)
The climatic and geographic design criteria per 2015 IRC table 301.2(1) for modular buildings must follow the requirements of the individual Maryland local Jurisdictions. The memo asks that the individual counties/cities are contacted for particular requirements for each jurisdiction however, an updated table is provided for reference only. This memo does supersede the three previously issued memos dated November 18, 2011. Please note: The current model performance code applicable to (Read More..)
The next meeting of the Industrialized Buildings Advisory Committee will be held on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. in Room 302 of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs located at 60 Executive Park South, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30329. The meeting agenda specifies items of interest such as proposed new state codes and amendments, off-frame VS on-frame metal chassis, ABS pads etc. Click here to see the (Read More..)
Please find the following2018 NC Energy Code COMcheck and REScheck Alternatives 12-18-18 memo as received from the North Carolina Department of Insurance Manufactured Building Division. It was previously announced that the 2018 NC Energy Conservation Code (NCECC) will become mandatory on January 1, 2019. However, the US Department of Energy has made a decision to not include the 2018 NCECC as an option in either the COMcheck or REScheck energy compliance programs. In light of this decision, the attached memo provides (Read More..)
Please find the notification below as received from the Ohio Board of Building Standard. At its meeting on December 14, 2018, the Board of Building Standards adopted the update to the Residential Code of Ohio based on 2018 International Residential Code effective July 1, 2019. Additionally, the Board adopted amendments to the Certification rules effective April 1, 2019. The final adopted rules with detailed summaries can be found at the links provided in the (Read More..)
The Information Bulletin 2018-05 as received from the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Information Bulletin 2018-05 announces the permanent adoption of emergency building standards amending the 2016 California Building Code (CBC) and the 2016 California Residential Code (CRC), effective December 7, 2018. These regulations are part of the California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Parts 2 (CBC) and 2.5 (CRC). The final approved permanent (Read More..)