During the second ICC Committee Action Hearing, in Cleveland, OH, the TRD code committee reviewed a revised proposal S-179-25, which originally was intended to ban temporary structures in floodways and high hazard coastal areas. The proponent provided a revision that would allow conditional temporary structure installations in such areas. This was based on support from the ICC IBC Structural Code Development committee at the first committee hearing and various committees, groups, and other contacts within the code community to help oppose the original change. We are pleased to report that the committee has agreed that the proposal moving forward does not include a ban on all temporary structures in floodways and high hazard areas.
This revised proposal is available for public comment this Spring in Hartford CT. So we do still need support from the Government Voting members of ICC in that case. We do expect there to be design considerations added to code to help deal with any safety issues connected to temporary structures being installed in floodplain areas. We will continue to follow this, and update should there be any concern for the industry.
Please feel free to reach out to if you have any questions/concerns, through the Ask the Code Consultant or contact ATA staff.
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