Wednesday, November 23, 2022

National building code in the works

A new organization, the Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes, has been established to develop a national building code.

As matters stand now, each province and territory has its own building code.


The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) will continue to publish the codes, and provide administrative, technical, and policy support to the code development system.


There has been an advisory committee from the provinces and territories on building codes and this is another step towards harmonization following two years of negotiations. The advisory committee will remain in place.