Ready or not, the 2015 International Building Code is nearly upon us. All indications are now that the code's effective implementation date in Wisconsin will be June 1.

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A building-code expert is warning that a recent attorney general opinion finding the state can’t enforce a fire-sprinkling rule threatens to undermine other code standards for commercial buildings. Attorney General Brad Schimel, a Republican, released an official opinion on Friday finding that a ...

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About six months after being doused by Gov. Scott Walker, questions over whether certain types of new apartment buildings should be required to have sprinklers have been rekindled.

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Two years after Wisconsin got a uniform commercial-building code for the first time, a council is working to update the rules governing the construction of most structures that are open to the public.

Tagged with: building codes commercial building code Commercial Building Code Council Hunter Bohne Illingworth-Kilgust Michael Mamayek Stevens Construction

In November 2011, industry consultant Robert DuPont wrote a letter urging the head of the newly created state Department of Safety and Professional Services to continue the state’s tradition of using advisory councils to keep its regulatory and safety codes up to date.

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The grandfathering clause in the state’s new uniform commercial-building code prompted Fort Atkinson officials to submit entire sections of their local ordinances to see what would stick.

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The adoption of Wisconsin’s uniform commercial-building code has sparked a campaign to make the most of the state’s willingness to grandfather certain exceptions.

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With Gov. Scott Walker’s signing of a bill Wednesday, local governments lost their ability to set commercial-building codes that are stricter than the state’s.

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Attempts to give local governments more control over commercial buildings standards failed in the Legislature on Tuesday just before lawmakers passed a bill that would prevent municipalities from setting codes that are stricter than the state’s.

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Just before approving a bill Thursday to adopt a uniform commercial building code for Wisconsin, lawmakers shot down two amendments meant to ensure local officials retained some of their ability to set their own construction standards.

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