California Rejects Effort to Base Building Code on International Building Code
The California Building Standards Commission has voted to not use the International Building Code as part of its effort to update the California Building Standards Code. In this decision, the Commission elected to continue using the 1997 Uniform Building Code as the basis for the 2001 edition of the California Building Standards Code.
In addition to the rejection of the International Building Code, the Commission voted to use the 2000 edition of the Uniform Fire Code and the 2000 editions of the Uniform Mechanical Code and the Uniform Plumbing Code to address other safety issues.