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ICC Code Book Survey
Alert Status: In order to make a case to DOE for funding to provide IECC or combo IECC/90.1 codebooks to code officials, ICC needs to hear about specific states or jurisdictions that would benefit from a free download program. Cases might include:
1. Jurisdictions with budget issues, that do not allow purchase for all code officials/inspectors;
2. Jurisdictions that need copies to provide outreach to builders/contractors;
3. Jurisdictions that are not moving ahead with adoption, due to the expense of books/training on the 2012 IECC. There may be other situations as well.
Please send details on specific jurisdictions, including a name and contact info for someone in/at the jurisdiction, to
dkarmol@iccsafe.org.
ICC requests that all information be sent by early April.
Action: Please submit information to Dave Karmol of ICC.
North Carolina
Alert Status: The North Carolina Building Code Council moved ALL North Carolina codes to a 6-year review cycle. The only code to be exempted from this change is the commercial electrical code.
Last year, North Carolina
HB 120 passed which revised the North Carolina State Building Code: Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, including provisions applicable to One- and Two-Family Dwellings from the NC Energy Code, NC Electrical Code, NC Fuel Gas Code, NC Plumbing Code, and NC Mechanical Code to be reviewed every six years. Once adopted, the code is to become effective the first day of January of the following year, with at least six months between adoption and effective date.
The first six-year revision under this subsection shall be adopted to become effective January 1, 2019, and every six years thereafter.