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2015-2017 Code Development Cycle

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ICC Board Verifies 2016 Group B Final Action OGCV Process. In accordance with Section 10.0 of CP28 Code Development, the ICC Board of Directors has verified a valid 2016 Online Governmental Consensus Vote (OGCV) process as certified by the Validation Committee. The Final Action on all 2016 Group B code change proposals, including the vote tallies from the OGCV, are available here. All totaled, there were 577 code change proposals considered during the OGCV.

Preliminary Online Governmental Consensus Voting Results Available. The preliminary OGCV results are available by clicking here. The results are preliminary as the audited process requires certification by the Validation Committee and ultimately confirmation by the ICC Board of Directors.

Members Forum at the 2016 Annual Conference. The feedback received was presented at the Forum. The attached includes comments received at the Forum plus additional feedback received to date. Additional feedback received by November 30th will be reviewed for consideration in the Preliminary Report which will be on the ICC Board’s December meeting agenda. The “next steps” are also noted.  For more information, click here.

Public Comment Hearing Agenda Available.  The results from the 2016 Public Comment Hearing (PCH) for Group B code development is now available.

2015 - 2017 Code Development Cycle

Welcome to the 2015/2016/2017 Cycle. This will be the first full cycle which implements ICC’s new online system called “cdpACCESS”. Be sure to visit the cdpACCESS webpage. Included with cdpACCESS are the following features:

  • Online collaboration
  • Online code change and public comment development and submittal
  • Online submission of floor modifications while at the Committee Action Hearing
  • Online Assembly Floor Motion Vote following the Committee Action Hearing
  • Online Governmental Consensus Vote following the Public Comment Hearing

The table below includes all the documentation of each phase of the cycle which will result in the 2018 I-Codes. Information is posted as the Code Development process proceeds. There have been some changes to the Code Groupings from the previous cycle. They are:

  • Codes moved to Group A: IEBC non-structural; IPMC; IRC-M, IRC-P; ISPSC; IZC
  • Codes moved to Group B: IBC - S (which also includes IEBC structural provisions)

Be sure to consult with the "2015/2016/2017 Code Committee Responsibility" matrix (see link in table) to determine where code provisions are maintained by a committee other than the committee which typically has responsibility for maintaining the code provisions. For example, Chapter 9 of the IBC is typically the responsibility of the IBC – Fire Safety, a Group A code committee. However, numerous sections include an [F] in the code to indicate that the provisions are maintained by the IFC code committee, a Group B code committee. As such, proposed changes to these sections in the IBC would be considered in Group B in 2016. This type of information has been collected and placed in the matrix for ease of reference. A complete description of the codes is included in the "Code Development Schedule" (see link in table).

ICC Committee Activities

Throughout the current cycle, ICC committees have been put in place to study specific technical issues and participate in the ICC Code Development Process. Below is a list of current committees and a link to their respective web pages:

For a link to all committees and councils, click here.

2015 / 2016 / 2017 Code Development Information
Code Development Schedule Updated: July 31, 2015
Call for Committees Posted: January 31, 2014
Application deadline: June 2, 2014
Code Committee Responsibility Matrix Posted: July 1, 2014
Updated: August 20, 2015

 

2015 Cycle - Group A Information
Group A: IBC - E, IBC - FS, IBC - G, IEBC, IFGC, IMC, IPC, IPMC, IPSDC, IRC - M, IRC - P, ISPSC, IZC Committee Rosters
More Information
Posted: December 30, 2014
Log on to cdpACCESS November 17, 2014
Online code change submittal deadline via cdpACCESS Code changes due: January 14 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time
Committee Action Hearing (CAH) Schedule Posted: February 20, 2015
Proposed Changes Posted: March 13, 2015
Proposed New Standards Analyses Posted: April 2, 2015
Online Floor Modifications Instructions Posted: April 7, 2015
Online Floor Modifications FAQs Posted: April 16, 2015
Tentative Hearing Orders Posted: April 17, 2015
Committee Action Hearings (CAH) April 19 - 29, 2015
Memphis Cook Convention Center
Memphis, Tennessee
Webcast Active during April 19 - 29, 2015
Updated Hearing Orders Updated during the hearings
Unofficial Results Updated during the hearings
Committee Action Hearing Results Posted: May 11, 2015
Online CAH Assembly Floor Motion Voting period Open May 14 – 28, 2015

Report of the Committee Action Hearing

Updates to the Report of the Committee Action Hearing

Posted: June 5, 2015
Updated: September 23, 2015
Online public comment submittal deadline via cdpACCESS Comments due: July 17, 2015
Public Comment Hearing (PCH) Schedule Posted: August 7, 2015
Public Comment Agenda Posted: August 27, 2015
Public Comment Hearings (PCH) September 30 - October 5, 2015
Long Beach Convention Center
Long Beach, CA
Webcast Active September 30 - October 5, 2015
Updated Hearing Order and Results Updated during the hearings
Public Comment Hearing Results
(see below for Final PCH results)
Posted: October 15, 2015
Online PCH Phase One Results Posted: January 29, 2016
Updated: February 5, 2016
Online PCH Phase Two Results Posted: February 2, 2016
Updated: February 5, 2016
Final Public Comment Hearing Results for the OGCV Posted: February 4, 2016
Updated: February 8, 2016
Online Governmental Consensus Voting (OGCV) period February 8 - 21, 2016
Preliminary OGCV Results Posted: February 26, 2016
Summary of Final Action Group A Code Changes Posted: May 25, 2016
Updated: July 12, 2016

 

2016 Cycle - Group B Information
Group B: Admin, IBC-S, IECC-Commercial, IECC/IRC - Residential, IFC, IRC - B, IWUIC Committee Rosters
More Information
Posted: December 30, 2014
Log on to cdpACCESS May 1, 2015
Online code change submittal deadline via cdpACCESS January 11, 2016
Code Correlation Committee considers editorial changes TBD
Committee Action Hearing (CAH) Schedule Posted: February 19, 2016
Proposed Changes Posted: March 8, 2016
Committee Action Hearings (CAH) April 17 – 27, 2016
Kentucky International Convention Center
Louisville, KY
Webcast During CAH
Updated Hearing Orders Updated during CAH
2016 Committee Action Hearing Results after Online Vote Posted: May 19, 2016
Online CAH Assembly Floor Motion Voting period May 11 – 26, 2016

Report of the Committee Action Hearing

Updates to the Report of the Committee Action Hearing

Posted: June 1, 2016
Updated: July 28, 2016
Online public comment submittal deadline via cdpACCESS July 22, 2016
Public Comment Hearing (PCH) Schedule Posted: August 18, 2016
Public Comment Agenda Posted: September 9, 2016
Public Comment Hearings (PCH) October 19 - 25, 2016
Kansas City Convention Center
Kansas City, MO
Webcast During PCH
Updated Hearing Orders During PCH
Public Comment Hearing Results Posted: November 2, 2016
Online Governmental Consensus Voting period November 8 – 22, 2016
Preliminary Online Governmental Consensus Voting Results Posted: December 6, 2016
Final Action with Online Governmental Consensus Voting Results Posted: January 31, 2017

 

2017 Cycle - Group C Information
Group C: IgCC Cancelled: ICC and ASHRAE have agreed to consolidate the IgCC and ASHRAE Standard 189.1. ASHRAE will have responsibility for all the technical provisions; thus the 2017 Group C cycle becomes unnecessary, and has been cancelled.