BOMA International’s Building Codes and Voluntary Standards Committee amended current BOMA policy and has issued the following statement to reinforce its support for one single set of codes for the built environment:
“BOMA International supports the development and implementation of a single set of model building codes, the ‘International Codes,’ as a means of achieving more consistent, and more reasonable, regulation of the commercial real estate industry.”
Unfortunately, two sets of codes are currently being drafted. One is by National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the other by International Code Council (ICC). BOMA is participating in the NFPA process, not as an endorsement of the NFPA process but to make NFPA’s proposed code as close as possible to the International Building Code (IBC). The organization is encouraging members to contact legislative and regulatory officials responsible for adoption of codes, emphasizing the importance of a single, coordinated set of codes.
Based on a report from BOMA’s Potomac Currents
