Committee advances IRC appendices for alternative materials to CR102
The BFRW Standing Committee forwarded IRC appendices enabling alternative materials—light straw-clay, straw bale, cob (monolithic adobe), and hemp-lime—to the council's CR102 drafting process after staff and the TAG explained Washington-specific edits and public-comment opportunities.
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The BFRW Standing Committee of the Building Code Council voted to forward a package of International Residential Code (IRC) appendices that create optional pathways for alternative construction materials to the council's CR102 filing for the 2024 code update. Dustin Curb, SBCC managing director, presented the package and said the IRC TAG revised the appendices to align energy-code references and Washington climate-zone language.
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