Final Action Hearings to Conclude this Week
The International Code Council is currently 1/2 way thru the final action hearings in Dallas Texas. The final action hearings for the A group of code changes began Sunday May 16, 2010 and will conclude this Sunday. These code changes are various items that recieved public comment after the Code Development process last fall in Baltimore. The final changes will make up the 2012 editions of the ICC code group.
The hearings have heard changes on the International Building Code, International Mechanical Code, and International Plumbing Code. It is expected that the hearings will begin this afternoon on the International Fire Code and the Residential Code should begin on [click to continue…]
ICC Hearings have big votes with over 1800 voters
Building and Fire Safety professionals from across the United States participated in the Code Development hearings in Baltimore. Today was a busy day with various code proposals found in the International Residential Code (IRC). These included revisions on stairways, general provisions, fire sprinkler provisions and many more.
Some of the more anticipated votes included
- RB53, would have changed the sprinkler provisions that affect Townshouses was removed by the proponent.
- RB54, added language to make sprinklers an option. The committee voted in favor of (7-4) to deny the code change while the floor action was requested and confirmed the committee action to keep sprinklers in the code.
- RB 56, was disapproved by the committee (7-4)
- RB 57, removed by submitter
- RB 55, disapproved (10-1) by committee [click to continue…]
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