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The adoption of the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) by many jurisdictions has brought on a flood of questions to the SSMA Technical Hot- Line. The questions typically include: Is SSMA in conformance with the 2018 IBC? And, why does the SSMA ICC 3064 Report not mention the 2018 IBC? Here is a brief summary of how the code cycle, and chain of codes works for the 2018 code cycle:

In regards to the 2018 IBC, section 2211 references AISI S240-2015, which is the cold-formed steel framing code standard for structural metal framing. Section 2211 is explicitly for cold-formed steel light-frame construction. Following the roots of AISI S240-2015, it references the 2012 main standard for AISI (S100-12). Therefore, as far as cold formed metal framing is concerned, compliance with AISI S100-12, grants compliance with the 2018 IBC.