Official copies of the legislation can be accessed from: 3. The compendium is not an official copy of the Act or the Code. Service Ontario Publications is the official publisher and vendor of the 2012 Building Code Compendium and the amendment pages.
The copy of the Building Code that most people have is the Compendium Edition. The 2012 Building Code was enacted by Ontario Regulation 332/12 which came into force on January 1 2014. For the authoritative text of the Building Code regulation, see the official volumes. The 2012 Ontario Building Code Compendium is two volumes- including Supplementary Standards referenced by the Code and additional explanatory material. The Ontario Building Code is a regulation part of the Building Code Act 1992. Those of you that work in Ottawa, particularly on Federal Sites use the National Codes as a basis.ĭescription 1. Some provinces have adapted the National Codes as the provincial codes. There are differences between the National Codes and Ontario Building codes. The Ontario 2012 Building Code applies throughout Ontario and is based in large part on the 2010 mNBC and mNPC. These codes are MODELS and have no legal status unless adopted by a province, territory or municipality. Released new editions of the Model National Building Code, Plumbing and Fire Codes (mNBC, mNPC, and NFC) in 2010. Get the habit of analysis analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind.ĭescription The Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) supported by the National Research Council (NRC) Ontario Building Code Concepts and Code Analysisĭeborah Levine Farrow, Architect, OAA, FRAIC