Rewriting the “National Building Code” to include climate change stipulations will come at a cost, the National Research Council (NRC) says.
The NRC, Canada’s primary national agency dedicated to science and technology research and development, wrote in an Aug. 11 notice that it will be hiring consultants to investigate additional costs that climate-change rewrites to the building code will levy on contractors, home builders, and potential house buyers.
“The Council wishes to better understand the implications of the recommended Code changes on typical building designs across Canada,” the NRC wrote in the notice to contractors, titled “Impact Assessment Study Of Climate Change Provisions For Structural Design Of Buildings,” and first reported on by Blacklock’s Reporter….