With the release last month of the ...

With the release last month of the recently made known NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety digest by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the anticipated battle of building digests is officially under way.

NFPA's document will contend with the International Code Council's (ICC) International Building collection of laws (IBC), initially published in 2000 and championed according to a coalition that includes the American Institute of Architects, BOMA International and the Associated General Contractors. The IBC is a single document designed to set aside the codes of the three U prototype code ...