ICC Guidelines are different from codes and standards because they are not mandatory. Guidelines contribute to the health, safety and welfare of the built environment by addressing subjects that are not adequately covered by existing technical information. The guideline development process begins with the identification and assessment of a proposed need.
List of Ongoing Guideline Projects
Title: ICC G1-2010 Guideline for Replicable Buildings
Start Date: November, 2009
Committee Consensus Achieved and Public Comment Period Completed: April, 2010
Projected Publication: May, 2010
Brief: This Guideline is intended to help state and local jurisdictions, as well as owners, architects, builders and engineers, to streamline a building document review process to examine and verify replicable construction documents; thus eliminating repetitive code compliance reviews. A global review of replicable documents paired with a local review of unique jurisdictional requirements could be more cost effective and bring greater consistency in the application of local regulations.
The replicable building review concept has the potential to avail additional expertise to the jurisdiction through an expert review process similar to the present use of evaluation reports that ensure code compliance of a particular product. Replicable building design reviews, like evaluation reports, have the potential to produce more thorough and uniform results.
Benefits: Enhance public safety through a more uniform review process; Conserve local resources through the elimination of repetitive reviews of transportable plans; and reduce the time between permit submittal and construction mobilization.
Title: ICC G2-2010 Guideline for Acoustics
Start Date: September, 2009
Committee Reviewing Comments Submitted During the Public Comment Period: May 2010
Projected Publication: June, 2010
Brief: The purpose of this guideline is to recommend suitable sound isolation performance for construction systems that separate occupied spaces in commercial and multi-family buildings such as offices, hospitals, schools, condominiums, apartments, hotels, and mixed use buildings. The recommendations in this guideline call for improvements to acoustical assemblies, components, installations and inspection beyond the requirements in the current Code. The intent is to reflect the findings and extensive acoustical research, to better match expectations for acoustical comfort of the building occupants. A checklist for code officials and designers are included in the guideline.
Title: ICC G-4 2010 Guideline for Practical Toilet Design
Start Date: June 26th, 2009
Projected Guideline Publication Date: 3rd quarter, 2010
Brief: The purpose of the guideline is to assist in providing clean, convenient, hygienic, and safe public toilet facilities of appropriate design and quality to give guidance on the basic care and maintenance of such facilities. The intent is to provide a minimum level of quality to safe guard health, property, and public welfare by providing provisions to control the design, construction, and installation, quality of materials, location, operation and maintenance, and use of public toilets. The guideline is targeted to those responsible for providing public toilets throughout the global community. This will be a gateway product to introduce all of the ICC products and services to a global audience that was not previously served.
Title: ICC G3-2010 Guideline for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings
Start Date: December 2009
Projected Completion Date: November, 2010
Brief: The provisions of this Guideline for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings will be developed to afford jurisdictions reasonable procedures for the classification and abatement of dangerous buildings.
The Guidelines will provide many benefits including a general coordination in the referencing of the International family of model codes, however, jurisdictions are encouraged to review these guidelines and compare them to any of their current regulations, including the locally adopted International Codes, to ensure coordination and compatibility.
The ICC understands the need for jurisdictions to have criteria to evaluate the existing building stock in their community. This guideline will assist with that effort related to dangerous buildings.
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