Masonry Magazine November 2005 Page. 18

Words: Rashod Johnson
Masonry Magazine November 2005 Page. 18

Masonry Magazine November 2005 Page. 18
BUILDING CODES
By Rashod Johnson
Director of Engineering, MCAA

Outcome of
Masonry
Industry
Issues at Code Hearings

The International Code Council (ICC) hearings were completed in Detroit on Oct. 1 and 2, and we now know what will appear in the 2006 editions of the International Building Code (IBC), the International Residential Code (IRC), the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and other model codes published by the ICC. The Masonry Alliance for Codes and Standards (MACS) was represented at these hearings through our consultants, as well as several masonry and concrete organizations, with the goal of advancing the safe and economical use of masonry materials in the built environment.

The purpose of this article is to provide you within information about the results of these hearings and how those outcomes may affect the masonry industry. While a total of several thousand changes and modifications have been acted on by the ICC in updating these codes, the following items may have the most direct impact.


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