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Update of Washington’s Wildfire Building Code Gets Ditched

State officials scrapped new wildfire protection rules for homes and other buildings on March 15th, the day the suite of building codes was set to take effect. The state Building Code Council voted to remove Washington’s new wildland urban interface codes, following Gov. Jay Inslee’s signing of a bill that limits which of the new rules can go into effect and when.

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March 22, 2024|

Building Energy Code Revamps Can Get Another $90 Million from DOE

The Department of Energy announced March 4th that it is making $90 million available to help states and localities adopt and implement building energy codes, which set energy efficiency standards for new buildings, additions, and major renovations. This is the second tranche out of a total of $225 million designated by the 2021 infrastructure law for building energy code modernization.

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March 8, 2024|

Virginia is First State to Adopt ICC/MBI Offsite Construction Standards

Virginia recently became the first state to adopt International Code Council/Modular Building Institute off-site construction standards. The ICC/MBI Standard 1200-2021: Standard for Off-Site Construction: Planning, Design, Fabrication, and Assembly and ICC/MBI Standard 1205-2021: Standard for Off-Site Construction: Inspection and Regulatory Compliance goes into effect on January 18, 2024.

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January 25, 2024|

New Year’s Day Earthquake Sparks Interest in Japan’s Seismic Building Codes

Building resilience is at the forefront of the conversation surrounding Japan’s recent 7.5 magnitude New Year’s Day earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture. The minimal loss of life caught the attention of the seismology community because Japan has innovated data capture systems and focused on resilient building design.

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January 18, 2024|

Saskatchewan Implements 2020 National Building Codes

The government of Saskatchewan, Canada, has announced the adoption of the 2020 editions of the National Building Code of Canada (NBC), National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB), and the National Plumbing Code of Canada (NPC). The regulatory update takes effect on January 1, 2024.

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December 21, 2023|

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