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Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes

• CCBFC Policies and Procedures 2009 (PDF - 1154 KB)
• CCBFC Strategy Session Highlights, September 2008 (PDF - 138 KB)
• The Strategic Plan of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes 1995-2000 (PDF - 84 KB)
• Possible Measures to Implement The Strategic Plan of the Canadian Commission On Building And Fire Codes - 1993 Action Plan (PDF - 214 KB)
• Objective-Based Codes Training Needs Assessment: Final Report - October 2003 (PDF - 494 KB)
• Review and Update of Canada's Code Development System (1996-2003)
  • Joint CCBFC/PTCBS Task Group on the Code Development and Review Process (Final Report - November 1998)
  • Joint CCBFC/PTCBS Task Group on Implementation of a New Code Development System
• Legal and Legislative Issues
• Acceptance and Approvals of Alternative Solutions
• Joint Task Group on the Future of Standards Referenced in the National Codes (Final Report - March 1997)
   

Codes

• Origin and Development of Canada's Objective-Based Codes Concept (PDF - 197 KB, June 2004)
• Building Codes - A Good Tool in the Right Context (PDF - 119 KB, November 2003)
  Written by Bruce Clemmensen, past Chair of the CCBFC. Discusses how Canada decides which objectives for buildings should be included in the National Building Code
• Canada's Construction System: the context for model codes (PDF - 325 KB, May 2003)
  Describes the role of building, fire and plumbing codes in the design, construction and, in the case of the National Fire Code, the operation of buildings and houses in Canada
• Origin and Development of Canada's Objective-Based Codes Concept (PDF - 197 KB)
• A Brief History of Canada's National Codes (PowerPoint - 609 KB)
• Canada's Coordinated Codes Development System (PowerPoint - 484 KB)
   

Training

2010 National Model Construction Codes

• Presentation on major Code changes for 2010 - fire related (PDF - 2 MB)

2005 National Model Construction Codes

• Training on objective-based codes (basic awareness courses)
• Seminars on the technical changes in the 2005 National Model Construction Codes
  • National Building Code 2005—Parts 3 and 9 (Day 1) [PDF - 10.9 Mb]
  • National Fire Code, National Plumbing Code and National Building Code 2005—Parts 4, 5 and 6 (Day 2) [PDF - 11.6 Mb]
     

National Building Code

• User's Guide – NBC 2005, Application and Intent Statements
• University of Ottawa Case Study on the National Building Code (March 2010)
• Task Group on a Separate House Code and the Future of Part 9 of the NBC
  • Final Report - March 2000 (PDF - 114 KB)
• The Barrett Commission Inquiry into the Quality of Condominium Construction: Scope, Content and Determination of the National Building Code of Canada and NRC Response to the Currie Letters - 13 January 2000
   

National Fire Code

• User's Guide – NFC 2005, Application and Intent Statements
• Task Group on the Scope of the National Fire Code of Canada (Final Report - September 1996)
   

National Plumbing Code

• User's Guide – NPC 2005, Application and Intent Statements
   

National Energy Code for Houses

• Comparison of the Model National Energy Code of Canada for Houses 1997 with Energy-Related Requirements in Provincial Building Codes - Fall 1998 (PDF - 141 KB)
   

NRC Institute for Research in Construction (NRC-IRC)

• Summary of NRC-IRC Housing Activities (report prepared for the Canadian Home Builders’ Association)
  • 2010 (PDF - 4254 KB)
  • 2009 (PDF - 1897 KB)
  • 2008 (PDF - 2627 KB)
  • 2007 (PDF - 953 KB)
     

Other Documents

• Report of the SCBPS: Hot Water Delivery in Buildings - August 2005 (PDF - 641 KB)