Revisions to the Quebec Construction Code, Chapter I – Building, and National Building Code of Canada 2005 (amended) now available

The National Research Council, in collaboration with the Régie du bâtiment du Québec, is pleased to announce the publication of the first series of revisions to the Quebec Construction Code, Chapter I – Building, and National Building Code of Canada 2005 (amended)(QCC). These amendments incorporate energy efficiency requirements in the QCC with the addition of Part 11, Energy Efficiency.

While new printings of the QCC will already include these amendments, a revision package is available for clients who purchased earlier printed versions of the Code. The revision package can be viewed, downloaded and printed, free of charge, from the NRC website. (www.nationalcodes.nrc.gc.ca)

For clients who purchased electronic versions of the QCC, new printings that include revisions and errata are automatically added to the list of subscriptions as they are published. Simply log in to your Codes-Guides Online Library account and click on the link indicating the latest printing of the publication, under the document title, to access the latest printing.