Texas Building Code Survey Highlights Need for Mitigation in Hurricane-prone areas
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
While all twenty-one cities in the survey have adopted a code, only two of ten surveyed counties have adopted a code.
Key Points:
- While all twenty-one cities in the survey have adopted a code, only two of ten surveyed counties have adopted a code.
- More than 840,000 people live in areas outside city-limits with no adopted residential building code.
- "Where building codes are missing, we need to invest in mitigation to bridge that gap and help vulnerable coastal communities build stronger."
- The Texas legislature adopted the International Residential Code (IRC) and the National Electrical Code (NEC) as the standard building and safety codes for residential construction in Texas in 2001.