ICC Performance Code Now Available for Public Input

In accordance with the International Code Council’s Consensus Procedures (ANSI),the initial draft of the ICC Performance Code (ICCPC), is available for public input for a period of 60 days starting August 29, 2025 and ending October 29, 2025.

To view the initial draft, click here.

Changes may be submitted to the initial draft of the 2027 ICCPC here.

Reimagining the ICCPC

To provide a modern, updated, International Code®-based option, the Code Council is reimagining the ICCPC, a code originally developed during the 1996-2000 code cycle and largely unchanged since.

This important effort is driven by the “Reimagining the ICC Performance Code” study, aimed at bringing the code up to today’s industry standards.

Rapid change related to the acceleration of new technology, pressures from climate change and population growth can make it difficult for traditional prescriptive regulatory approaches to remain current. The ICCPC is intended to provide an enhanced regulatory tool to address these issues.

The development of the ICCPC will better align with actual performance across numerous disciplines, facilitate more robust solutions and provide stronger linkages to design methods, tools and data. This can be a tool for countries that have a robust system of prescriptive codes and standards and associated building regulatory systems to assist in the adoption of new and sustainable technologies. The ICCPC can also serve as a critical framework for those countries without such systems in place.

This initial draft version of the ICCPC was developed with established guiding principles which can be found on the ICCPC website.

The User’s Guide will be available for comment soon as well. This document is not being developed through the ICC ANSI Consensus Procedures but is intended as a document to assist in the application of the ICCPC.

For more information about the ICCPC and development process please visit the ICCPC website.

Any questions on this process can be directed to Beth Tubbs btubbs@iccsafe.org or Scott Adams sadams@iccsafe.org.