{"id":32328,"date":"2025-09-15T22:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/2020-nbc-intent-statements-released\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T22:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:18:39","slug":"2020-nbc-intent-statements-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/2020-nbc-intent-statements-released\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 NBC Intent Statements Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadiancontractor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/long-read-stock-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Every wonder why a certain code provision exists, or says what it says? Never fear, the <span lang=\"EN-CA\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cbhcc-cchcc.ca\/en\/code-development-process\/?utm_source=DialogInsight&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Now%20Available%3a%20Intent%20Statements%20for%20the%202020%20National%20Model%20Codes%20%2f%2f%20Publication%20des%20%E9nonc%E9s%20d%92intention%20des%20codes%20mod%E8les%20n_20250915\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes<\/a> (CBHCC) has <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/nrc-publications.canada.ca\/eng\/search\/?q=intent+statements+2020&amp;m=1\" target=\"_blank\">released its intent statements supplement<\/a> to the 2020 National Building Code. For each section, the intent statement clarifies the objective of the section and the particular building science problem it seeks to mitigate. Settle in for a long read!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">\u201cThe Intent Statements also help code users understand what alternative solutions must meet,\u201d the CBHCC says. \u201cThese statements are a resource for professionals who rely on the Codes for design, construction, enforcement, and compliance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">The Intent Statements are available to view or download for free by visiting the <\/span><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/outreach-nrc.canada.ca\/T\/OFC4\/L2S\/6391\/B2727213\/XYcu\/743957\/28040227\/env1Ey\/1\/3354942\/l2j7R3XZ\/I\/757048\/rsOYc6.html?h=rvZFXCtRGIdtd6VRE3vahD-gEvGGMyJxhYv7w4PsI4Y\" href=\"https:\/\/outreach-nrc.canada.ca\/T\/OFC4\/L2S\/6391\/B2727213\/XYcu\/743957\/28040227\/env1Ey\/1\/3354942\/l2j7R3XZ\/I\/757048\/rsOYc6.html?h=rvZFXCtRGIdtd6VRE3vahD-gEvGGMyJxhYv7w4PsI4Y\" data-outlook-id=\"53085350-4676-4992-b210-1b1b69c74519\" target=\"_blank\">NRC\u2019s Publications Archive<\/a><span lang=\"EN-CA\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/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 \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiancontractor.ca\/canadian-contractor\/2020-nbc-intent-statements-released\/1003296837\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Every wonder why a certain code provision exists, or says what it says? Never fear, the Canadian Board for &#8230; <a title=\"2020 NBC Intent Statements Released\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/2020-nbc-intent-statements-released\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 2020 NBC Intent Statements Released\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1090],"tags":[1091],"class_list":["post-32328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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\/32328","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=32328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}