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Council forwards four alternative-construction appendices to rulemaking amid seismic and inspection questions
Summary
The council voted to direct staff to file four IRC appendices (light straw clay, straw bale, cob, hemp‑lime) for CR102, while members flagged Seismic Design Category E applicability and special‑inspection language for public comment and TAG clarification.
The Washington State Building Code Council on March 20 voted to move four new IRC appendices into formal rulemaking (CR102) that would make alternative construction methods — light straw clay, straw bale, cob and hemp‑lime — available for local adoption.
Roger Heeringa moved the action, seconded by Dan Young, and the Council directed staff to prepare the filing after discussion about technical clarifications. SBCC staff explained the…
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