Because of that hurricane, we produced the unified Florida Building Code. The main changes, besides consolidating numerous codes, was to bring in a High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) section.
Building codes are an often-overlooked tool in fighting climate change. But last week, a little-known nonprofit group that ...
Houses and commercial buildings constructed to this year’s standards were supposed to include the circuitry for hooking up ...
and Roads and Works Departments will benefit from upskilling and retraining in the administration of the International Building Code, International Fire Code, International Plumbing Code ...
As we shall show in this article, a key factor is the inordinately prescriptive building code that ended up dictating urban outcomes. The National Building Code (NBC), published since 1970 and ...
Mar. 21—The Cumberland County Commission approved an updated fee schedule for the residential and commercial building codes department with a life safety/occupancy inspection fee of $250.
The International Code Council (ICC) has signed a contract with Oman’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning (MoHUP) to develop a series of six comprehensive building codes. The move will see Oman ...
“Really bad and surprising news,” Mike Waite, the director of codes at watchdog American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and a volunteer who helped author this year’s commercial building codes ...
ISLAMABAD: The National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA) has issued Energy Conservation Building Code, 2023 (ECBC-2023) to be applicable across the country. According to ...
State officials scrapped new wildfire protection rules for homes and other buildings on Friday, the day the suite of building codes was set to take effect. The state Building Code Council voted to ...
MANILA, Philippines — A pending legislation at the House of Representatives amending the 47-year-old National Building Code of the Philippines would make it more responsive to the broadband ...
ICC CEO Dominic Sims said late last year that the code is an essential tool for "achieving energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction goals." "The model building energy code before the ...