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There’s so much interesting research and innovation in Europe around sustainable materials. But unfortunately since US and Canadian codes don’t reference (essentially, trust!) the Eurocodes or other international standards, everything has to be retested at great expense for the North American market

Michael Burchert@michaelburchert.bsky.social

"From tradition to future prospects: Clay as fire protection for timber" www.iglehm.ch/application/...

12/3/26, 4:12 pm14 reposts72 likes

randomperson Fire Alarms

@randompersonfire.bsky.social

12 Mar

Maybe the Center for Building could put this into proposals for a future edition of the IBC or (dare I say it) NFPA 5000? (No jurisdiction in the US is known to use the latter but it has a lot of potential for becoming an IBC alternative.)

Stephen Jacob Smith

@stephenjacobsmith.com

12 Mar

Btw – the Eurocodes are specifically structural standards, so they apply here. But elevators, windows, electrical, plumbing, egress – none of that is in the Eurocodes. If you don’t know exactly which kinds of codes/standards you’re referring to, safer to say “European codes and standards.”