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..)
The Maryland Code Administration News announcing the transfer of the Maryland Building Codes Administration to the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation and the advanced notice of a 30-day comment period for the adoption of the 2018 edition of International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), and International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). During the 2018 session of the Maryland General Assembly, House Bill 694 passed. The bill authorized the (Read More..)
The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation is scheduled to meet Friday, January 11, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. in the 1st Floor Public Meeting Room of TDLR’s North Campus, located at 1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 125E, in Austin. When the agenda and staff reports are available, they will be posted online. For individuals that will not be able to attend the meeting in person, there will be a broadcast on TDLR’s YouTube channel. You can subscribe to TDLR’s YouTubechannel in the link provided in the announcement.
Highlights from the newsletter include a reminder that the 2018 NC Building Code is mandatorily effective on all permitted projects starting Jan 1, 2019, a clarification on permitting statute that relates to Manufactured Housing and a reminder regarding Ordering the 2018 NC Code books. The newsletter also provides noteable code changes that will likely affect a large volume of projects in the upcoming year. Notable changes are pertaining to Assembly Group A-2, Group B, Group F-1, condensate (Read More..)
Please find the notification below as received from NEMA. The City of Tucson adopted the 2018 International (I) Codes as well as the 2017 National Electrical Code, at the October 9, 2018, public hearing. Tucson is currently on the 2012 I-codes and the 2011 NEC, so they are skipping the 2015 I-codes and 2014 NEC and are adopting the most current editions. The new codes will be effective in Tucson on January 1, 2019. Please note, this is not applicable to Factory-Built Buildings. Communication (Read More..)
Please find thePA DCED Memos 2015 Code Information as received from Michael Moglia, Program Administrator with the Pennsylvania Housing Standards Division. As you are aware the Pennsylvania Industrialized Housing Program will adopt the 2015 codes and 2014 NEC effective on April 1, 2019. (Read More..)