Washington code advisory group narrows scope for temporary emergency shelters, adopts California appendix as working base
The Washington Building Code Council IBC Technical Advisory Group on Dec. 18 focused on defining temporary emergency shelters (hard‑sided cabins/panelized 'pallet' shelters vs. encampments), debated temperature and structural performance thresholds, and voted to use the California appendix as the working base document while preserving local edits.
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Members of the Washington Building Code Council’s IBC Technical Advisory Group met Dec. 18 to refine guidance on temporary emergency shelters and to decide what the building code should — and should not — regulate. The group agreed to focus the TAG’s work on hard‑sided, panelized sleeping cabins (including so‑called pallet shelters) and similar site‑assembled units, while leaving encampment siting and clustering to land‑use/zoning authorities.
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