HBA Leadership response to NGA decision to move to STL was sent to the Director with the following highlights to share Pointing out that the STL facility is not in compliance with their Mission while this location will be far less secure. The ability to place and maintain secure high-speed fiber optic communication potential for damage over a 27.4 mile run The statement that "construction impacts such as noise generation and construction spending would be about the same regardless of the site chosen", would definitely be a matter of opinion. This based upon whether or not your residence or business is located in close proximity to the construction site. The St. Louis City site is located in an urban setting with homes and business, directly affected by such activity. Whereas the St. Clair County site is located in a rural setting, with little if any homes or businesses affected. Addressed the idea that millennials like to live and work downtown being misguided. The economic impact and ability for growth will not be favorable If you would like to see the detailed letter, please contact Tracy Butler at the HBA office. Fairview Heights adopting 2012 Int’l Residential Codes HBA supports the upcoming adoption of the 2012 IRC for Fairview Heights with the following changes: Deletion of section R313 Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Deletion of section R302.5.1 that would require a self closing door from garage into house Amendments to section R312.1.1 Exterior guard rails, and R324.7.2.2 Hip roof layouts. Other items that were not amended, per our request, are: Exterior Wall fire separation because their zoning code already has this distance in place. Foundation anchorage revisions to clarify language that the municipality Director of Land Use, Planning & Development assured that there would not be any misinterpretation of the language concerns about non-bearing walls used as braced wall lines but this will require that all bolts shall be at least 1/2 inch (12.7mm) diameter. Lastly our request to delete section R302.13 Fire protection of floors was not accepted so all new home construction that uses floor joist will now require one of the 4 options: - Place an automatic sprinkler system in the floor assembly - Drywall the basement ceiling - Use a fire blocking approved products on the joist - Change home plans to use dimensional lumber Many builders were involved in this process and the HBA would like thank the following for their time and efforts: Matt Lanter - ASAP Development Group, Chris Jones - CA Jones, Inc., Chris Matteo - Fulford Homes Bob Dee Jr. - Homes by Deesign, Joe Lanahan - Joe Lanahan Construction Services, Chris Ferrari - McBride & Son Homes 2018 International Codes in the Works NAHB staff and a number of HBA Members from around the Country have just spent the last two weeks in Louisville attending the 2018 ICC Code Development Hearings. I’m told our national association took positions on 624 of the 1,994 proposed changes to the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) and International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), supporting 119 and opposing 505, along with the other I-codes and you’re in the neighborhood of 800+ positions they argued for time and time again at the hearing microphones. 12 Our federation had a very successful set of hearings. But, then again, we’ve been in this position before only to see us lose in the last stages of the process. The key activity this time around will be the new online cdpACCESS® voting. Be on the look out for detailed update in future correspondence from NAHB and your local HBA.
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