The Big Picture: ICC Code Development Process

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The Big Picture: ICC Code Development Process

  • WTCA no longer relies on outside organizations to monitor code changes that affect component manufacturers and their suppliers. 
  • Since 2004, WTCA has occupied a spot on the IBC’s Structural Committee. This group reviews and votes on several hundred code change proposals in each 18-month cycle. 
  • By participating in the IBC structural committee, WTCA has developed favorable relationships with members of the forest products industry, the steel industry, homebuilders, structural engineer groups and building code officials.