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Articles from August 2022
Magistrate judge recommends finding IAPMO liable for copyright infringement
The judge overwhelmingly agreed with ICC-ES arguments that IAMPO made unauthorized copies of ICC-ES Evaluation Reports and Acceptance Criteria
On April 27, 2022, United States Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui issued a report recommending that the United States District Court for the District of Columbia find that the International Association…
Why, where, when, what and how for storm shelters: Improvements to the ICC 500 storm shelter requirements
The International Building Code requires schools and facilities that house critical emergency operations to include storm shelters when constructed
Why have a storm shelter? The occurrence of severe weather events, such as tornadoes and hurricanes, are increasing. Four of the five costliest hurricanes to hit the U.S. – Harvey…
Kelly Kelly draws on over three decades of Texas modular construction expertise
Kelly takes pride that parts of the Code Council's first modular construction standards are drawn from the modular industry in Texas
Beginning in July 2019, the ICC Off-Site and Modular Construction Consensus Committee (IS-OSMC), which was appointed by the International Code Council Board of Directors, began work on standards for off-site…
Study aims to mitigate weak interlayer zones in concrete
A recently published paper analyzed the interlayer fracture behavior of functionally layered concrete
A paper recently published in the journal Engineering Fracture Mechanics analyzed the interlayer fracture behavior of functionally layered concrete and found that multi-mix fracture behavior depended on the placement delay…
New HUD toolkit emphasizes resilient capacity of modern building codes
HUD develops toolkit to support adoption and implementation of resilient building codes
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a Resilient Building Codes Toolkit (Toolkit) on the HUD Exchange to provide information to practitioners, elected officials, authorities having jurisdiction…
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