Building Code Action Committee (BCAC)

The Building Code Action Committee (BCAC) meetings are open to the public. Any interested party can participate in committee meetings and can be considered by the committee for membership on any sub-group that the committee creates. Interested parties will be notified by email of BCAC activities including committee meetings, sub-group meetings and the availability of BCAC related documentation.

  • BCAC Workgroups:  Occupancy, General, Egress, Administration, Existing Building, Structural, Residential.
  • See Council Policy 31 "Code Action Committees" for the scope of each of the CAC's.

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Kimberly Paarlberg, Secretariat
Samhar Hoz, Secretariat

26.09.11 | CACs Meet in Rosemont, IL

From Sept. 9–11, the Building Code Action Committee (BCAC), Fire Code Action Committee (FCAC), and Plumbing, Mechanical & Fuel Gas Code Action Committee (PMGCAC) met for hybrid meetings in Rosemont, IL.  

The meetings brought together approximately 100 committee members and interested parties in person, and with more than 100 additional participants attending virtually, to start preparation for the development of code change proposals for the 2030 International Codes® (I-Codes®).

The meetings opened with a welcome from International Code Council (ICC) Chief Executive Officer John Belcik, who thanked participants for their time and continued support of the code development process. Over the course of three days, the CACs focused on code change proposals for the upcoming Group A code changes for the 2030 I-Codes. 

Other highlights from the meetings include:  

  • Joint FCAC and BCAC discussions continued work on data centers and middle housing provisions in the I-Codes. 
  • The PMGCAC reviewed potential code proposal language on Hydrogen, Geothermal and Sanitary Drainage Systems. 
  • Each CAC also discussed consistency of definitions across the I-Codes, led by members of the BCAC 

While there is still significant work to be done over the course of the next three years for each committee, these in-person meetings provided a strong launching point for the 2030 Code Development Cycle.  

 26.07.29 | 2030 Code Cycle - Initial BCAC Main Committee Meeting 

The initial BCAC Main Committee meeting for the 2030 code cycle will be held on Wednesday, August 5, from 11am to 1pm (eastern).   Please refer to meeting info link for additional information.

 

26.07.10 | cdpAccess Update Released July 8, 2026

As part of ICC's continuous process improvement significant updates to the cdpAccess Codes and cdpAccess Standards platform have gone live.  Details can be found in the related BSJ article.

 

26.07.01 | CAC In Person meeting to be held September 9-11, 2026

The Building Code Action Committee (BCAC) , Fire Code Action Committee (FCAC), and Plumbing, Mechanical, and Fuel Gas Code Action Committee (PMGCAC) will hold in-person meetings in Rosemont, Illinois, from Sept. 9–11, 2026. For further information please see the BSJ article at this link.

Register to Attend ASAP:  If you plan to attend the meetings in person please sign up at the following link.

 

25.05.12 | BCAC Working on 2027 Related Code Change Proposals

The Building Code Action Committee (BCAC) is meeting to review public comment proposals for the 2027 edition of the I-codes.  The next full committee meetings are , Tuesdays, March 24 and 31, April 7 and 14, 2026.

 

25.01.07 | BCAC Committee Moves to the ICC Website

The BCAC committee related work has moved to the new committee pages.  This provides easier to use interfaces for committee related information and provides more resources for searching and finding related committee work, FAQs, and related codes and standards in the ICC Digital Codes.