6 year code cycle 1

[hawkaz]

The Structural Engineers Association of Arizona has a petition to encourage changing the IBC code cycle to 6 years instead of the current 3 years. See the link to sign the petition.

https://sixyearibccodecycle.wordpress.com/

 

[TehMightyEngineer]

Yes please.

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[vmirat]

It's not ICC you should petition. You need to work with your local building department. It's up to them what code they adopt and how they adopt it. When the 2000 IBC came out, our regional building department refused to adopt it. They stayed with the UBC until the 2003 IBC came out. If the building departments in the country all went to a 6-year adoption cycle, then ICC will realize that it's not worth the money to do 3-year updates.

 

[fel3]

One agency in our area always stayed one 3-year code cycle behind (I don't know if they still do it because I haven't dealt with them in more than 10 years). Their purpose was to give their staff as well as the consultant community time to learn the next code without having to rush into it.

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[WARose]

Their purpose was to give their staff as well as the consultant community time to learn the next code without having to rush into it.

That's the thing about it though: the minute you think you've learned all the ins and outs of a new code......along comes the next one.

 

[MrHershey]

Problem is building departments aren't synced up. A lot do what you're saying and only update every six years (or even more infrequent).

Using states as an example, as of July 2017 (source: Link):

17 states use IBC 2015
18 states plus District of Columbia use IBC 2012
8 states use IBC 2009
2 states us IBC 2006 (Texas and Hawaii, for the curious, about as opposite states as you can be)
5 states' adoption depends on which agency you're doing work for


So most states aren't using the latest code. But they're not synced up, so there's still a perceived benefit to releasing every three years.

 

[EngineeringEric]

A good number of mid-atlantic states are on a three year delay. so we will be entering IBC 2015 this coming summer. Every three years we change. It is an odd delay and i believe their are excuses.

or what if we just did 5 years! and major revisions every 10... and had that happen on the 20#2 and 20#7 years! because why do it on 20#0 and 20#5... Codes can't be too easy to use

 

[jayrod12]

or what if we just did 5 years! and major revisions every 10... do it on 20#0 and 20#5

Like the NBCC.

 

[JAE]

It's not only the states - usually the cities have the jurisdictional authority so every city can be different.

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