Council staff recommends editorial fixes and flags CLT grading questions

Sep 15, 2026

Staff recommended editorial corrections to special inspections and proposed considering a uniform roof snow-load change; comments on cross-laminated timber (CLT) lumber-grading standards were flagged for further stakeholder review.

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Staff said an editorial correction to special inspections (Chapter 17.5) was supported to return to the 2021 approach limiting special inspection to risk-category 4 structures, and recommended incorporation of that change into the draft. The presenter also flagged a proposal to revise Chapter 1608 to allow uniform roof snow loads, noting it aligns with changes approved in the IRC.

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