2018 International Existing Building Code – Special Occupancy 

Special Occupancy TAC

IEBC
Code Change No.	IEBC
Section 	Change Summary b/t 2015 IEBC and 2018 IEBC	Change Summary b/t 2017 FEBC and 2018 IEBC	Staff comments	
					
EB 10-15	New 301.1
New 301.2

301.1
301.1.1
301.1.2
301.1.3
401.1
401.1.1
401.1.2.2
404
501.1
501.1.1
502
1401.1
1401.1.1
1401.2.4
	Modifies Chapter 6 to Chapter 4 “Repairs”.  Modifies Section 301 “Administration”.  Modifies 301.1 “General”, 301.2 “Repairs”, 301.3 “Alteration, change of occupancy, addition or relocation”, 301.3.1 “Prescriptive compliance method”, 301.3.2 “Work area compliance method”, 301.3.3 “Performance compliance method”, 401.1 “Scope”, 401.1.1 “Compliance with other methods”, 401.2.2 “New and replacement materials”. Deletes Section 404 “Repairs”. Modifies text of Section 501.1 “Scope”, 501.1.1 Compliance with other alternatives. Deletes Section 502 “Repairs”. Modifies text of Section 1401.1 “Scope”, 1401.1.1 “Compliance with other methods”, 1401.2.4 “Alterations and repairs”. 

This section corrects section numbering and references in FBC, EB Chapter 3 after creating new section 303 and removes duplicate details which will now be part of section 303 if approved. This proposal will make the repair provisions more consistent for each method.  The committee felt that having a standalone chapter for repairs will make the code more clear.

Cost Impact: This proposal is only to clarify the existing code requirements through relocation (reorganization) of code sections, so there is no intended increase or decrease expected by approving this proposal.
	This change is not similar to that of the FEBC. The FEBC provides for Florida specific changes to these sections 	Overlapping provision to be considered during step 2 of the code change process  

     TAC Action

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     a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 

     Others (Explain):	Commission Action

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EB 15-15	401.2.1
401.2.2
602.1
602.2
	Deletes section of 401.2.1 “Existing materials”, 401.2.2 “New and replacement materials”, 601.2 “Existing building materials”, 602.2 “New and replacement materials”. 

Remove all language from these sections.  This proposal deletes the "Existing [Building] Materials" and "New and Replacement Materials" sections from Chapters 4
and 6 because they are already inserted in chapter 3. The content in Chapter 3 applies to all methods in the IEBC so deleting these sections in the other method chapters reduces redundancy.

Cost Impact: This modification does not change the requirement. It removes unnecessary redundancy from other chapters, so costs are not increased or decreased.
	This change is not similar to that of the FEBC. The FEBC provides for Florida specific changes to these sections 	Overlapping provision to be considered during step 2 of the code change process  

     TAC Action

     Accommodate Florida Specific Need:
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     a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 

     Others (Explain):	Commission Action

Accommodate Florida Specific Need:

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EB 41-16	408.4(New)
1206.1
	Adds new Section 408.4 “Structural”. Modifies text of Section [BS] 1206.1 “General”. This proposal reconciles a significant difference between the Prescriptive and Work Area methods.  In the current Prescriptive method, Section 408.1 says that improvements to the existing building need be made only if they are specifically required. The balance of Section 408 has no specific structural checks or upgrade triggers -- not even for added dead load or removal of a structural element.
This proposal would match the Prescriptive method to the Work Area method, clarifying that the Chapter 4 structural
requirements are safety-related and therefore should be enforced in historic buildings. The proposed wording of new section 408.4 is borrowed directly from 1206.1. The proposed revision to Section 1206.1 is merely an editorial clarification.

Cost Impact: Will increase the cost of construction
If you read current 408.1 to exclude structural work, this proposal could increase construction costs. If you read current 408.2 to mean that safety-related structural provisions already apply, then this proposal will have no effect on costs.
	This change is not similar to that of the FEBC. The FEBC provides for Florida specific changes to this section	Overlapping provision to be considered during step 2 of the code change process  

     TAC Action

     Accommodate Florida Specific Need:
     YES (Select Criteria)                                                     NO: 

 

     a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 

     Others (Explain):	Commission Action

Accommodate Florida Specific Need:

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EB 4-15	202	Adds new definition “[A] EXISTING BUILDING”.  

The IEBC uses both the terms “existing building’ and ‘existing structure’, but only defines ‘existing building’. The IBC only defines ‘existing structure’.  

Cost Impact: this proposal will not affect the cost of construction because it merely adds a definition.
	This change is not similar to that of the FEBC. The FEBC provides for Florida specific changes to this definition	Overlapping provision to be considered during step 2 of the code change process  

     TAC Action

     Accommodate Florida Specific Need:
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     a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 

     Others (Explain):	Commission Action

Accommodate Florida Specific Need:

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EB 54-16	[BS] 1201.2	Modifies text of Section [BS] 1201.2 “Report”. There is no need for a report regarding the safety features or the lateral force resisting systems of a historic building in the
event of a repair to a historic building. According to Section 601.1, repairs need only comply with Chapter 12; this wording effectively bypasses all of the upgrade triggers in Chapter 6. Furthermore, according to Section 1202.1, repairs shall be permitted with original or like materials and original methods of construction, and according to Section 1202.4, replacement of existing or missing features using original materials shall be permitted.

Cost Impact: Will not increase the cost of construction
This is an editorial change that will either not affect the cost of construction, or may lower it slightly because reports that are not required will not be mandated.
	This change is not similar to that of the FEBC. The FEBC provides for Florida specific changes to this section	Overlapping provision to be considered during step 2 of the code change process  

     TAC Action

     Accommodate Florida Specific Need:
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     a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 

     Others (Explain):	Commission Action

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EB 6-15	301.1	Modifies text of Section 301.1 “General”. Adds new language in the exception changes Alteration to Alterations and the requirement to comply with Section 403.2 and 1401.3.3. 
The exception refers only to the work area method for alterations in flood hazard areas.   The prescriptive and performance methods have provisions similar to Section 701.3, so this exception should also refer to them.

Cost Impact: will not increase cost of construction because it adds alternatives for alterations in flood hazard areas.
	Same as change between 2015 IEBC and 2018 IEBC		
     TAC Action

     Accommodate Florida Specific Need:
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     a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 

     Others (Explain):	Commission Action

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EB 69-15	1202.2
1202.3
	Modifies text of Section 1201.5 “Unsafe conditions”, 1207.1 “Relocated buildings”. This editorial proposal reorganizes parts of Section 1202 for internal consistency within the Work Area method. Section 1202.2, regarding unsafe conditions, does not necessarily apply only to repairs. For consistency within the Work Area method, it should be in its own section, the same way Sections 1204 and 1205 are separate sections for specific project types. Ideally, 1202.3 would move to a new Section 1206: Relocated Buildings, but the proposal shows it as 1207 to clarify that the intent is NOT to make this part of the existing Section 1206: Structural.

Cost Impact: Will not increase the cost of construction. The proposal is entirely editorial.
	This change is not similar to that of the FEBC. The FEBC provides for Florida specific changes to this section	Overlapping provision to be considered during step 2 of the code change process  
	
     TAC Action

     Accommodate Florida Specific Need:
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     a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 

     Others (Explain):	Commission Action

Accommodate Florida Specific Need:

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EB 70-15	1203.5
	Modifies text of Section 1203.5 “Interior finishes”. The definition of interior finishes includes interior floor finishes by the International Building Code. The scoping of only wall and ceiling finishes in IEBC Section 1203.5 does not allow the acceptance of historic floor finishes; such as would be found in historic homes or historic assembly occupancies. If the floor is part of the historic fabric, it should be regulated the same as the walls and ceiling interior finishes.  Just like wall and ceiling finishes, this does not provide an exception for floor finishes that are added, not back of the historic fabric of the interior, or the underlayment to removed finishes.  The code change was further modified by the Committee.  The modification further clarified the application of this section by using consistent terminology “interior” with reference to finishes.

Cost Impact: Will not increase the cost of construction
This removes a requirement to remove or modify interior floor finishes in historic buildings.
	This change is not similar to that of the FEBC. The FEBC provides for Florida specific changes to this section	Overlapping provision to be considered during step 2 of the code change process  
	
     TAC Action

     Accommodate Florida Specific Need:
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     a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 

     Others (Explain):	Commission Action

Accommodate Florida Specific Need:

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EB 7-16	301.1	Modifies text of 301.1 “General”. This proposal retains the exception that allows the code official to waive certain architectural and other requirements that the IEBC would normally trigger in alteration projects. It removes that exception, however, regarding structural provisions.  The current exception already does not apply to alterations in flood hazard areas (which sometimes trigger structural improvements) or to substantial structural alterations. So the proposal does not change those cases at all.  

Cost Impact: Will not increase the cost of construction
This proposal will not increase the cost of construction, but it could, hypothetically, limit the cases in which the code official could effectively reduce the cost of construction by waiving structural safety requirements. In practice, no increase in the cost of construction should be expected, however, since the proposal does not change any of the code's provisions, but only changes what was a discretionary waiver.

	Same as change between 2015 IEBC and 2018 IEBC		
     TAC Action

     Accommodate Florida Specific Need:
     YES (Select Criteria)                                                     NO: 

 

     a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 

     Others (Explain):	Commission Action

Accommodate Florida Specific Need:

YES (Select Criteria)                                                               NO: 

 

a.  b.  c.      d.  e.  f. 
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