January 29th, 2019
by Ed Wirtschoreck

The final actions from the 2018 proposed changes to the International Codes for Group A — which are based on and include the Public Comment Hearing and Online Governmental Consensus Vote vote tallies — are now available.

The International Codes are a family of 15 coordinated, modern building safety codes used throughout the world that protect against disasters like fires, weather-related events and structural collapse.

Code officials, architects, builders, engineers, designers, plumbing professionals, construction trade associations and other interested parties provided input on proposed code changes to the Group A codes.

Code changes for the Group B codes will be considered at the Committee Action Hearings from April 28 to May 8, 2019, in Albuquerque, N.M. In advance of the hearings, the Code Council will release the hearing schedule on Feb. 19, 2019, and post proposed code changes on March 4, 2019.

Additional resources:

  • For the final action results on the 2018 proposed changes, click here.
  • Download infographics about the process: How It Works and By The Numbers.
  • To register for the April Committee Action Hearings, visit www.iccsafe.org/springhearings.
  • Join the conversation on social media using #2019codehearings.
About the Author
Edward Wirtschoreck is the director of code development for the International Code Council. As the director of codes, he is responsible for management of the Code Council's codes development activities. Prior to his position with ICC as the director of code development, he held other positions with the Code Council, including manager of standards and regional manager for the Chicago regional office of the ICC Evaluation Service, Inc. Wirtschoreck is an Illinois licensed architect with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.