The multi-year effort to adopt the International Building Code (IBC) and related family of I-Codes as the new Building Code for the City of New York has been completed. On December 1, 2005, Mayor Bloomberg signed  Local Law 99/2005, which establishes a new Plumbing Code and contains administrative sections of the Building Code. The completion bill, Intro 578-A, was passed by the City Council and signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg on July 3rd, 2007. The new NYC Construction Codes will become effective on July 1, 2008.

•  NYC Construction Codes Summary Presentation (3,131 kb)
• Review the new NYC Construction Codes
•  Model Code Report: Proposing Advancements in Safety, Savings, and Innovation (903 kb)
• Provision Pricing Assessments
• Benefits of the Proposed NYC Construction Codes
• New NYC Construction Codes FAQs
•  One Page Summary (44 kb)
• Quick Facts
• Effective Date and Phase in Period
•  General Power Point Presentation
  (pdf - 362 kb)
• ASCE Dec14 Presentation (2,963 kb)
• IBC and NFPA 5000 Comparison Information

News

• Electrical Code Amendments Passed
• 2007 Electrical Code Amendments
• Chapters of New Construction Codes Available for review

Plumbing Code and Administrative sections of the Building Code (effective one year from date of enactment)

•  Local Law 99/2005 aka Intro 478(A) -
  New York City Plumbing Code and Administrative sections of the Building Code (1, 507 kb)
•  Memo in Support for Intro. 478(A) (203 kb)
•  Local Law 99/2005 Fact Sheet (33 kb)
•  Administrative Changes Fact Sheet (43 kb)
•  Plumbing Code Changes Fact Sheet (33 kb)
•  Journeyman Registration Fact Sheet
  (not yet effective) (33 kb)

Completion Bill

• The Department of Buildings will submit a second bill to the City Council containing the remaining provisions of the new code (Building, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, and Residential). This second bill, known as the "Completion Bill" must pass the City Council before the new code and provisions of Local Law 99/2005 can go into effect. Check back over the coming months as info on the completion bill is added to this page.

Building Code Revision Participants

• Managing Committee
• Technical Committees
• Advisory Committees

Public Forums and Hearings

• City Council Hearing on Intro 578 before the Housing and Buildings Committee by Department of Buildings Commissioner, Patricia Lancaster - June 13, 2007
• City Council Hearing on  Intro 578 (20 kb) before the Housing and Buildings Committee by ICC - June 13, 2007
• City Council Hearing on Intro 478a before the Housing and Buildings Committee - October 31, 2005
• City Council Hearing on Intro 478 before the Housing and Buildings Committee - June 24, 2005
• City Council Hearing on Intro 478 (IBC) and Intro 368 (NPFA 5000) before the Housing and Buildings Committee - November 30, 2004
• January 28th and 29th 2004 Public Forum
• February 14, 2003 Public Forum

has printed copies of the Electrical Code, Building Code, and many other publications.