Building

The building discipline of Safety Services is responsible for establishing and interpreting the Alberta Building Code, standards and respective regulations under the Safety Codes Act.

Municipal Affairs works in partnership with the Safety Codes Council to develop and provide relevant information to the building industry, designers and authorities having jurisdiction.

Winter 2012 Public Review of the 2010 National Model Construction Codes

The Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) is conducting a public review on proposed changes to the 2010 National Model Construction Codes. This public review deals with proposed changes to incorporate energy efficiency for houses and small buildings into Part 9 of the 2010 National Building Code of Canada (NBC). If approved by the CCBFC, these technical changes will be published as revisions and errata to the 2010 NBC near the end of 2012.

This public review runs from January 9 to March 2, 2012 on the National Codes web site, click here  to access their site.