Code Changes
Code Changes
(OP)
I am wondering how you go about being notified about when there is a change in the building code for your jurisdiction and how you verify a change has actually happened. I always seem to get a phone call from my network saying that there has been a change and I go on the state website to verify one has indeed happened. However, I was just notified that there was a change, but can't seem to find anything about it anywhere.
With regards to changes, it always seems like I find out 1-2 months after it happened. You would think with the fees we pay for our licenses there would be some type of memo sent out notifying you of what is going on..... but then again, with the way government is run, the person to oversee this would probably want $500k/year to write a memo every once in a while.
With regards to changes, it always seems like I find out 1-2 months after it happened. You would think with the fees we pay for our licenses there would be some type of memo sent out notifying you of what is going on..... but then again, with the way government is run, the person to oversee this would probably want $500k/year to write a memo every once in a while.






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Many states including mine are on a three-year "lag", meaning we are still in IBC 2012. Sometimes the new-code adoption date prompts owners to "get in" construction that avoids certain compliance with new codes. The continuous-insulation Energy Code requirement was a good example of this.
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1. Attend a seminar. There are plenty out there, although $$$
2. Modern Steel Construction, Structure, and other magazines and publications usually have decent code change articles
3. Peers at work
4. Scour the internet (since everything you find online is accurate and reliable, hahaha)
5. Flip back and forth through the new code frantically looking for changes while working on a project
5. and last, but not least....other Eng_tippers!
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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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But that is not the code change I am talking about. I am talking about a change of the entire code and when it happens (from say IBC 2009 to IBC 2012). Seems the jurisdictions I work in always tweak the code here and there. One day we are on IBC 2009 the next IBC 2012. Would be nice to get an email saying, hey, use IBC 2012 now.
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SteelPE - ah, I see. Before starting a project, I have made a habit of going to the city website to see if they list the code (most of the time they do). If a code was recently released, I call or email the building department to see what their plan is for picking a code. Most of the time, they have no idea if/when the new code will be adopted so they "suggest" using the most recent code (but of course won't put it in writing). So far that approach has worked, seems most people don't object to using the latest and greatest code.....until it contains a clause that does not work out in their favor.
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