Notes from the Building Codes & Standards Committee: IBC 2024 Call for Code Changes Proposals

The SEAOSC Codes and Standards Committee provides information on various code  development processes, including the I-Codes, ASCE 7, ACI, AISC, AISI, AWC, etc. Our building codes are only as good as we, as structural engineers, make them. Get involved with the code development process by sending your code proposals for the endorsement by SEAOC. Here's how...

This month (September 2021), the SEAOSC Codes and Standards Committee is focused on the International Building Code proposed revision status/updates.

The International Code Council is now preparing to accept proposals to the structural provisions of the 2024 International Building Code, 2024 IBC. The SEAOSC Building Code and Standards Committee is collecting code proposals to be shared with SEAOSD, SEAONC, and SEAOCC for the endorsement of SEAOC. Each of the Building Codes and Standards Committees of the four SEAOC member organizations will discuss proposals and form a position of support to be transmitted to the ICC. The deadline for code proposals is January 10, 2022.

The timeline and information on the 2024 IBC development may be found on the ICC web site at https://www.iccsafe.org/products-and-services/i-codes/code-development/current-code-development-cycle.

Send your code proposals to the SEAOSC Building Codes and Standards Committee by simply emailing them at codes@seaosc.org.