CHBA to Carney: Pause code development

From our friends at Fenestration Review. Read the full article here.

The Canadian Home Builders’ Association has an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney on its website calling for the federal government to halt implementation of the 2025 National Building Code and all future code development until the 2025 code can be revised and reforms made to the code development process. The key demand is for code development to consider affordability when making changes, which is not officially part of the development process now. CHBA estimates the changes to the 2025 NBC will add between $50,000 to $100,000 to the minimum cost of a new 2,500-square-foot home. The association also expresses concern with the impact of frequent code changes on sector productivity; a lack of transparency and industry involvement in the development process; and an ongoing lack of code harmonization across the country owing to the provinces’ continued ability to modify the NBC or make different interpretations of it in their jurisdictions.

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