{"id":23793,"date":"2023-12-08T14:47:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/b-c-adopts-building-codes-aimed-at-enhancing-safety-accessibility-and-climate-resiliency\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:47:45","slug":"b-c-adopts-building-codes-aimed-at-enhancing-safety-accessibility-and-climate-resiliency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/b-c-adopts-building-codes-aimed-at-enhancing-safety-accessibility-and-climate-resiliency\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. adopts building codes aimed at enhancing safety, accessibility and climate resiliency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>B.C. has adopted the British Columbia Building and Fire Codes (BC Codes 2024), which are designed to enhance building safety and make new structures more sustainable, resilient and accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Updates to the building code include a focus on accessibility, mass-timber construction and radon safety. Additional updates for new buildings include providing one living space that is designed not to exceed 26 C, power-operated doors on building entrances and elevators in alll large two- and three-storey apartments.<\/p>\n<p>These updates will come into effect on March 8, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The implementation window will allow construction and housing-industry professionals more time to review the changes and complete any necessary training. It will also allow an easier transition for housing projects underway.<\/p>\n<p>The updates align with the new Residential Development Act, which includes small-scale, multi-unit housing (SSMUH) legislation that will allow three to four units on land currently zoned for single-family homes and duplexes, and as many as six units near bus stops with frequent transit service.<\/p>\n<p>The Province is deferring the effective date on the adaptable dwellings and earthquake-design changes to March 10, 2025, to provide a one-year transition period.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=761779333850340&version=v2.0\";\n\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiancontractor.ca\/canadian-contractor\/b-c-adopts-building-codes-aimed-at-enhancing-safety-accessibility-and-climate-resiliency\/1003293402\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=b-c-adopts-building-codes-aimed-at-enhancing-safety-accessibility-and-climate-resiliency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.C. has adopted the British Columbia Building and Fire Codes (BC Codes 2024), which are designed to enhance building safety &#8230; <a title=\"B.C. adopts building codes aimed at enhancing safety, accessibility and climate resiliency\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/b-c-adopts-building-codes-aimed-at-enhancing-safety-accessibility-and-climate-resiliency\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about B.C. adopts building codes aimed at enhancing safety, accessibility and climate resiliency\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1090],"tags":[1091],"class_list":["post-23793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-contractor","tag-canada","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}