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NAHB and the Code Hearings

NAHB and BOMA are both becoming dirty words in my book. Always opposing even minor changes that would be legitimate improvements in the Codes.
 
RB20-16 Wind Loads This proposed code change updates Table R301.2 (2) based on new roof pressure coefficients in ASCE 7-16. Roofing costs in high-wind regions would increase significantly and material options would be limited. A new wind map reduces wind speeds in the West, but wall bracing and other relevant tables have not been modified to take advantage of the reductions.
Requested Final Action: Disapprove

S105-16 – Wind Loads –
This proposed code change adds a new exception limiting component and cladding roof pressures to 130% of ASCE 7-10 values. The exception mitigates the impact of increased roof pressure coefficients in ASCE 7-16 that will significantly increase roofing costs and limit product options in high-wind areas.
Requested Final Action: Approve As Submitted

ADM94-16 – Referenced Standards Update – This proposed code change updates the publication date of existing referenced standards. The proposal includes an update to ASCE 7-16, the minimum design load standard for buildings, which will significantly increase the cost of construction in some regions of the country. Of particular concern are higher roof wind pressures which may limit roof covering options in high wind regions. Also of concern is an update to the AWPA U1 standard that expands wood elements which must be treated for ground contact rather than above-ground levels of preservative.
Requested Final Action: Approve as Modified to keep the current reference to ASCE 7-2010.

http://www.nahb.org/~/media/Sites/N...dards/code-toolkits/top 40 toolkit.ashx?la=en
 
The wind pressures are what they are. The best our codes can do is try to reflect what is likely. Thus the higher roofing costs will be offset by lower wind damage and likely lower insurance rates.
 
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As we all know the NAHB members profit after disasters and all the rest of us pay to rebuild through federal state and insurance monies. Higher taxes snd insurance rates to cover the disaster losses.
 
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The rest of us pay regardless, check your insurance coverage;
"Moreover, absent a specific policy provision, an insured is not entitled to compensation for the cost of complying with new building codes. In McCorkle v. State Farm Ins. Co. (1990) 221 Cal. App. 3rd 610, the insureds filed a lawsuit based on the insurer’s refusal to pay for the full costs of replacing a destroyed garage with one with a concrete floor, as required by modern building codes. The original garage had a wooden floor, and the insurer tendered the costs of reconstruction of the garage with the wooden floor, and refused to pay for the upgrade costs. The Courts of Appeal held that the insurer did not breach its policy obligations by refusing to pay the additional costs necessary to comply with building codes, because the loss settlement clause limited coverage to replacement using “equivalent” construction. In so ruling, the court noted that the purpose of fire insurance is “to compensate for the actual loss sustained, not to place the insured in a better position than he or she was before the fire.” (221 Cal. App. 3rd at 614-615).

Similar results were reached in Breshears v. Indiana Lumbermen’s Mut. Ins. Co. of Indianapolis, Indiana (1967) 256 Cal. App. 2nd 245, and Bischel v. Fire Ins. Exchange (1991) 1 Cal. App. 4th 1168. But insurers must make certain disclosures if a policy does not cover building code upgrades. Under Insurance Code Section 10103, insurers must furnish policyholders the statement in at least 10 point type: “THIS POLICY DOES NOT INCLUDE BUILDING CODE UPGRADE COVERAGE.”

http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/legalbeat/2009/01/11/157532.htm
 
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