by Chuck Osterday
It's a new year, and that means time for all those talked about code changes to become official. NTA stays on top of all the latest code changes nationwide to help your projects run as smoothly as possible. If you have any questions about these or other code updates, feel free to contact us!
Alabama
Commercial Energy Code: The
ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013 shall be implemented and enforced for
commercial buildings (Effective: January 1, 2016)
Residential
Energy Code: The 2015 International Energy Conservation Code/Chapter 11 of 2015
International Residential Code (Effective: October 1, 2016)
Residential
One & Two Family Code:
2015
International Residential Code with amendments (Effective: October 1,
2016)
Georgia
Listed below are the code
editions in effect as of January 1, 2016:
International Building
Code 2012 Edition
International Residential
Code 2012 Edition
International Plumbing
Code 2012 Edition
International Mechanical
Code 2012 Edition
International Fuel Gas
Code 2012 Edition
International Energy
Conservation Code 2009 Edition
International Fire Code
2012 Edition
National Electrical Code
2014 Edition
The DCA Board
specifically omitted the plumbing, electrical, and energy requirements of the
International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings. Therefore,
the plumbing requirements of the International Plumbing Code, the electrical
requirements of the National Electrical Code, and the energy requirements of
the International Energy Conservation Code must be used for one- and two-family
dwelling construction.
The Georgia Amendments
are available here:
Louisiana
Louisiana
State Plumbing Code (Effective January 1, 2016)
2012
International Building Code, Chapter 29 – Plumbing Systems
2012
International Residential Code, Part VII – Plumbing; and
2012
International Plumbing Code
Maryland
2015 NFPA
101 Life Safety Code (Effective January 1, 2016)
2014
National Electrical Code (Effective January 1, 2016)
Michigan
2012 Michigan Residential Code (Effective
February 8, 2016)
Minnesota
The
following codes with amendments will be mandatory on January 23, 2016:
2012 IAPMO
Uniform Plumbing Code – Chapter 4714 will replace Chapter 4715 as the Minnesota
Plumbing Code
New
Jersey
The
following codes with amendments will be mandatory on March 21, 2016 and Manufacturers
must have their compliance assurance documents updated to comply with the new
code provisions.
2015
International Building Code
2015
International Residential Code
2015
International Mechanical Code
2015
International Fuel Gas Code
2015
International Energy Conservation Code
2014
National Electrical Code
The
following codes with amendments has been adopted as of January 4, 2016,
and will mandatory as of July 4, 2016:
2015 edition
of PHCC National Plumbing Code
List of
codes to be adopted including proposed amendments are available at:
Ohio
Electrical
Code for Residential 1-2 & 3 Family Dwellings (Effective January 1, 2016)
2014
National Electrical Code
In addition,
At its meeting on December 4, 2015, the Board of Building
Standards adopted amendments to the Ohio Building Code, Ohio Plumbing Code,
Ohio Mechanical Code, and the Residential Code of Ohio effective January 1, 2016.
The final adopted rules with detailed
summaries can be found at the following links:
Ohio Building Code Rules:
Ohio Plumbing Code Rules:
Ohio Mechanical Code Rules:
Residential Code of Ohio Rules:
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