This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2012) () The International Building Code ( IBC) is a developed by the (ICC). It has been adopted for use as a base code standard by most jurisdictions in the. Elsewhere, it is also used in, the,,,, and.

The IBC addresses both health and safety concerns for buildings based upon prescriptive and performance related requirements. The IBC is fully compatible with all other published ICC codes. The code provisions are intended to protect public health and safety while avoiding both unnecessary costs and preferential treatment of specific materials or methods of construction. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Since the early twentieth century, the system of building regulations in the has been based on model developed by three regional model code groups. The codes developed by the Building Officials Code Administrators International (BOCA) were used on the and throughout the of the United States. The codes from the Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI) were used in the.

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The codes published by the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) were used primarily throughout the West Coast and across a large swath of the middle of the country to most of the Midwest. Although regional code development had been effective and responsive to the regulatory needs of local U.S., by the early 1990s it had become obvious that the country needed a single coordinated set of national model building codes. Therefore, the nation’s three model code groups decided to combine their efforts, and in 1994 formed the (ICC) to develop codes that would have no regional limitations. After three years of extensive research and development, the first edition of the International Building Code was published in 1997. A new code edition has since been released every three years thereafter. The code was patterned on three legacy codes previously developed by the organizations that constitute ICC. By the year 2000, ICC had completed the International Codes series and ceased development of the legacy codes in favor of their national successor.

The word 'International' in the names of the ICC and all three of its predecessors, as well as the IBC and other ICC products reflects the fact that a number of other countries in the Caribbean and Latin America had already begun to rely on model building codes developed in the United States rather than developing their own from scratch. Thus, ICC from its inception was well aware that it was writing model codes for an international audience. Legacy codes [ ] • BOCA National Building Code (BOCA/NBC) by the Building Officials Code Administrators International (BOCA) • by the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) • Standard Building Code (SBC) by the Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI) Competing codes and final adoption [ ] The, initially joined ICC in a collective effort to develop the International Fire Code (IFC). This effort however fell apart at the completion of the first draft of the document.

Subsequent efforts by ICC and NFPA to reach agreement on this and other documents were unsuccessful, resulting in a series of disputes between the two organizations. After several failed attempts to find common ground with the ICC, NFPA withdrew from participation in development of the International Codes and joined with the (IAPMO), the (ASHRAE) and the to create an alternative set of codes. First published in 2002, the code set named the Comprehensive Consensus Codes, or C3, includes the building code as its centerpiece and several companion codes such as the, Life Safety Code, UPC, UMC, and. Unlike the IBC, the NFPA 5000 conformed to -established policies and procedures for the development of voluntary consensus standards. The NFPA's move to introduce a competing building standard received strong opposition from powerful trade groups such as the (AIA), and the (NAHB).

After several unsuccessful attempts to encourage peaceful cooperation between NFPA and ICC and resolution of their disputes over code development, a number of organizations, including, and two dozen commercial real estate associations, founded the Get It Together coalition, which repeatedly urged NFPA to abandon code development related to NFPA 5000 and to work with ICC to integrate the other NFPA codes and standards into the ICC family of codes. Initially, under Governor, had adopted the NFPA 5000 codes as a baseline for the future California Building Code, but in 2003, and was elected to replace him. Upon taking office, Schwarzenegger rescinded Davis's directive, and the state adopted the IBC instead. Adopting NFPA 5000 would have caused a disparity between California and the majority of other states which had adopted the IBC. Furthermore, the legacy ICBO had started in California and was headquartered in Whittier, California. Overview [ ] A large portion of the International Building Code deals with.