Communities are not required to follow the IBC’s minimum recommendations for designing safe structures, but the ICC is widely used to create local building codes. “We felt that the standards ...

The Mass Timber Alternative Materials and Methods Guide, released by the American Wood Council, is designed to help bridge ...

The American Wood Council (AWC) has released a national Mass Timber Alternative Materials and Methods (AMM) Guide for use with the 2018 International Building Code (IBC). This new resource is designed ...

The International Building Code (IBC) defines a storm shelter as a building or structure constructed under ICC 500, Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters, and designated for ...